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Noun: polity  pó-li-tee
  1. The form of government of a social organization
    - civil order
     
  2. A politically organized unit
     
  3. Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
    "we were innocent of stratagems and polity"

Derived forms: polities

Type of: administration, disposal, order, organisation [Brit], organization

Encyclopedia: Polity

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Polk
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Pollachius
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