polity
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[edit] Etymology
< French politie < Latin politia < Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia), “‘polity, policy, the state’”); see policy.
[edit] Noun
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polity (plural polities)
- An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
- Politically organized unit, a nation
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[edit] External links
- polity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- polity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
