magistracy (n.)
- archbishopric
- archdiocese
- aristocracy
- bailiwick
- bishopric
- borough
- canton
- chairmanship
- chancellery
- chancellorship
- chieftaincy
- chieftainship
- city
- commune
- consulate
- consulship
- county
- deanery
- dictatorship
- diocese
- directorship
- district
- duchy
- electorate
- emirate
- episcopacy
- government
- governorship
- hamlet
- headship
- hegemony
- hierarchy
- hundred
- leadership
- lordship
- magistrature
- mastership
- mastery
- mayoralty
- metropolis
- nobility
- oblast
- papacy
- parish
- patriarchate
- patriarchy
- pontificate
- precinct
- prefecture
- premiership
- presidency
- presidentship
- princedom
- principality
- proconsulate
- proconsulship
- protectorate
- protectorship
- province
- rectorate
- rectorship
- regency
- region
- riding
- seigniory
- sheikhdom
- shire
- stake
- state
- suzerainty
- territory
- town
- township
- village
- viziership
- ward
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.
