A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia.
The time during which a regent is in power.