noun
the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fundamental law, ↑organic law, ↑constitution
• Part Meronyms: ↑advice and consent, ↑Bill of Rights, ↑Fourteenth Amendment, ↑Eighteenth Amendment, ↑Nineteenth Amendment
Useful english dictionary. 2012.