Federalism: Division of political authority between a central government and state or provincial governments. Federalism is in contrast to unitary political systems where there are no quasi-sovereign governmental units that co-exist with the national government.ederalism: Division of political authority between a central government and state or provincial governments. Federalism is in contrast to unitary political systems where there are no quasi-sovereign governmental units that co-exist with the national government.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Magdalen. magâ²da-len, n. a repentant prostitute.âAlso Magâ²dalene. [From Mary Magdalene (Luke, viii. 2), confused with the woman of Luke vii.
The education of girls. Detail of the Magdalen Reading. Rogier van der Weyden. By permission of the National Gallery, London. Except among daughters of the nobility, and among the Puritans, formal schooling for girls was not encouraged. For those who were educated, subjects focused mainly on encouraging chastity and developing skills of housewifery.