'Constitution' definitions:
Definition of 'constitution'
From: WordNet
noun
Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government [syn: fundamental law, organic law, constitution]
noun
The act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club" [syn: constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation]
noun
The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states [syn: United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution, Constitution, Constitution of the United States]
noun
The way in which someone or something is composed [syn: constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up]
noun
A United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston [syn: Constitution, Old Ironsides]
Definition of 'Constitution'
From: GCIDE
- Constitution \Con`sti*tu"tion\ (k[o^]n`st[i^]*t[=u]"sh[u^]n), n. [F. constitution, L. constitutio.]
- 1. The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation. [1913 Webster]
- The physical constitution of the sun. --Sir J. Herschel. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution. [1913 Webster]
- Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world. --Story. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament. [1913 Webster]
- He defended himself with . . . less passion than was expected from his constitution. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. [1913 Webster]
- Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In England the constitution is unwritten, and may be modified from time to time by act of Parliament. In the United States a constitution cannot ordinarily be modified, exept through such processes as the constitution itself ordains. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian. [1913 Webster]
- The positive constitutions of our own churches. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- A constitution of Valentinian addressed to Olybrius, then prefect of Rome, for the regulation of the conduct of advocates. --George Long. [1913 Webster]
- Apostolic constitutions. See under Apostolic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constitution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- allocation,
- allotment,
- anatomy,
- animus,
- apportionment,
- aptitude,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- array,
- arraying,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- bent,
- bias,
- Bill of Rights,
- body-build,
- brand,
- build,
- building,
- buildup,
- cast,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- collation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- complexion,
- composition,
- compound,
- concurrent resolution,
- conformation,
- constituents,
- constitutional amendment,
- constitutional guarantees,
- construction,
- crasis,
- creation,
- deployment,
- design,
- dharma,
- diathesis,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- distribution,
- eccentricity,
- effectuation,
- embodiment,
- enaction,
- enactment,
- establishment,
- ethos,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- fiber,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- formulation,
- foundation,
- frame,
- genius,
- getup,
- grain,
- habit,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- idiosyncrasy,
- ilk,
- inauguration,
- inception,
- inclination,
- incorporation,
- individualism,
- installation,
- institution,
- joint resolution,
- junction,
- kidney,
- kind,
- lawmaking,
- leaning,
- legislation,
- legislature,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manufacture,
- marshaling,
- materialization,
- mental set,
- mettle,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- mixture,
- mold,
- molding,
- nature,
- order,
- ordering,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- passage,
- passing,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- physique,
- piecing together,
- placement,
- plan,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- proclivity,
- production,
- propensity,
- property,
- putting together,
- quality,
- realization,
- regimentation,
- resolution,
- set,
- setting-up,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- slant,
- somatotype,
- sort,
- spirit,
- stamp,
- strain,
- streak,
- stripe,
- structure,
- structuring,
- suchness,
- syneresis,
- syntax,
- synthesis,
- system,
- tectonics,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tone,
- turn,
- turn of mind,
- twist,
- type,
- unwritten constitution,
- vein,
- warp,
- warp and woof,
- way,
- weave,
- web,
- written constitution
Words containing 'Constitution'
- Constitute,
- Constituted,
- Constituter,
- Constituting,
- Constitutional,
- Constitutionalism,
- Constitutionality,
- Constitutionally,
- Constitutive,
- Constitutively,
- Apostolic constitutions,
- Constituted authorities,
- Constitutional law,
- constitution state,
- constitutional convention,
- constitutional formula,
- duly constituted,
- genetic constitution,
- u.s. constitution,
- us constitution,
- constitution of the united states,
- constitutional union party,
- self-constituted,
- united states constitution,
- sand-lot constitution