English Explanatory Dictionary

body politic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.
  2. The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions.
  3. A corporation.

Word forms

body politic bodies politic body politique

Etymology

From body + politic (postpositive adjective), calque of Latin corpus polīticum.

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