federal
Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
Other meanings
Pertaining to the national government level in a federal nation, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
Relating to covenantalism.
“federal theology”
Related words
- anti-federal
- Federal Capital Territory
- federal case
- federal city
- Federal City
- federal council
- federal district
- federalese
- federal government
- federalisation
- federalise
- federal law
Example sentences
Word history
From French "fédéral".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “federal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.