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[Eng. municipal; -ism.] Municipal state or condition. mu-nic-i-păl-i-ty, subst . [Fr. municipal ité .] A town or borough having certain privileges of local self-government; a community under municipal jurisdiction. "No outrage was committed; the privileges of the municipality were respected."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xix.