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 national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
Covenantalism.
The belief that such a system is superior to other forms of government.