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.
Magdalena is basically the Hispanic-American version of Madeline. Itâs a name that celebrates the Biblical character of Mary Magdalene. Because Magdalena has mainly been restricted to Spanish, German, Slavic and/or Scandinavian-Americans, it has never achieved enormous success in the United States.agdalene means quite simply âof Magdalaâ. Mary Magdalene is one of the more well-known female characters in the New Testament, and so called Magdalene because she was from Magdala, a village on the Sea of Galilee (Magdala comes from a Hebrew word meaning âtowerâ).