— municipally , adv.
/myooh nis"euh peuhl/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
2. Archaic. pertaining to the internal affairs of a state or nation rather than to international affairs.
n.
3. a municipal bond.
[ 1530-40; municipalis, equiv. to municip- (s. of municeps ) citizen of a free town ( muni ( a ) duties + -cip-, comb. form of capere to take) + -alis -AL 1 ]