home rule

== English == === Alternative forms === Home Rule (primarily in reference to Irish self-government) === Pronunciation === === Noun === home rule (uncountable) The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country or subnational territory, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country or territory itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country. (historical, especially) Self-government of the island of Ireland. Ellipsis of home rule class. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Home rule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Irish Home Rule movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === “home rule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.