Governing
Governing adjective - Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws.
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Major and governing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Major" instead an adjective "Governing".
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Evolution has gone on from a simple tournament to both a major fighting game convention as well as a ranking/governing body for other tournaments.
Source: Tournament Play - Never a Self-Made Woman - Jessica has achieved the rank of major in MICO at a young age due to her family being nobility and the governing family of one of Gerudo's provinces.
Source: Fanfic / Exoria - It's since become a major source of Snark Bait, due in no small part to its content and rules, which feature: Extremely complicated and math-intensive mechanics and charts governing character stats, in-game actions, gaining experience and leveling, and combat.
Source: Tabletop Game / FATAL
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