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polities

[pol-i-tee]

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noun, plural -ties.

a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.

the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a standard for later governments.

government or administrative regulation: The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.

a state or other organized community or body.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin polītīa < Greek polīteía citizenship, government, form of government, commonwealth, equivalent to polī́te-, variant stem of polī́tēs citizen (see polis, -ite¹) + -ia -ia

Can be confused: policy, polity.

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