polity
Polity (noun) means the way a state or religious body is organised and governed.
noun
1
The way a state or religious body is organised and governed.
"Church polity was a topic of fierce dispute in 17th-century Britain."
"Once exposed, Confucianism was to become a political issue, an alternative among other contending ideologies which threatened to change the polity of the empire."
— Jerome Ch’en, China and the West: Society and Culture (1979)
2
A group of people organised under a system of government, such as a nation or the state that rules it.
"New polities emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire."
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Etymology
Comes from Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). It is a doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).
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What is the meaning of polity?
"polity" (noun) means the way a state or religious body is organised and governed.
What are the different meanings of polity?
"polity" has 2 main meanings: 1. The way a state or religious body is organised and governed; 2. A group of people organised under a system of government, such as a nation or the state that rules it.
