polity
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French politie, from Latin politia, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia, “polity, policy, the state”); see policy.
[edit] Noun
polity (plural polities)
- An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
- A politically organized unit; a state.
[edit] Related terms
[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
