Governing Body

Governing body may refer to:

Education
  • The governing body of a school in England, Northern Ireland or Wales, composed of school governors
  • Board of education, the governing body of a school or higher administrative level
  • University Court, the governing body of a university in Scotland
Religion
  • The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
  • Governing Bodies of the Conference of European Churches
Others
  • Sport governing body, a regulating authority for sports
  • Board of governors, the governing body of a public institution
  • Board of directors, the governing body of a company

Famous quotes containing the words governing and/or body:

    “... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ...”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “I stand in awe of my body, this matter to which I am bound has become so strange to me. I fear not spirits, ghosts, of which I am one,—that my body might,—but I fear bodies, I tremble to meet them. What is this Titan that has possession of me? Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature,—daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it,—rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! the solid earth! the actual world! the common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? where are we?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)