a cantonal system or principle.
1856. Morning Post, 17 Dec., 4/2. Superadded to municipalities was an intense spirit of Cantonalism (if we may coin a word), rigid and unbending to a degree.
1873. Pall Mall Gaz., 13 Sept., 8/1. It is false that I am about to go to Barcelona to proclaim cantonalism.
1884. C. Secrétan, in Contemp. Rev., June, 887. The Vaudois Government … has long ago come back to cantonalism, as far as railways are concerned.
