polity
Meanings
noun
- Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
- A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.
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Etymology
From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).
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