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polity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polity \Pol"i*ty\, n.; pl {Polities}. [L. politia, Gr ?: cf F. politie. See 1st {Policy}, {Police}.] 1. The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. --Blackstone. Hooker. 2. Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution. Nor is possible that any form of polity, much less polity ecclesiastical, should be good, unless God himself be author of it --Hooker. 3. Policy; art; management. [Obs.] --B. Jonson Syn: Policy. Usage: {Polity}, {Policy}. These two words were originally the same Polity is now confined to the structure of a government; as civil or ecclesiastical polity; while policy is applied to the scheme of management of public affairs with reference to some aim or result; as foreign or domestic policy. Policy has the further sense of skillful or cunning management. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polity n 1: the form of government of a social organization [syn: {civil order}] 2: a politically organized unit 3: shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"
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