Definition of Polity. Meaning of Polity. Synonyms of Polity

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Definition of Polity

Polity
Polity Pol"i*ty, n.; pl. Polities. [L. politia, Gr. ?: cf. F. politie. See 1st Policy, Police.] 1. The form or constitution of the civil government of a nation or state; the framework or organization by which the various departments of government are combined into a systematic whole. --Blackstone. Hooker. 2. Hence: The form or constitution by which any institution is organized; the recognized principles which lie at the foundation of any human institution. Nor is possible that any form of polity, much less polity ecclesiastical, should be good, unless God himself be author of it. --Hooker. 3. Policy; art; management. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Syn: Policy. Usage: Polity, Policy. These two words were originally the same. Polity is now confined to the structure of a government; as, civil or ecclesiastical polity; while policy is applied to the scheme of management of public affairs with reference to some aim or result; as, foreign or domestic policy. Policy has the further sense of skillful or cunning management.

Meaning of Polity from wikipedia

- A polity is a group of people with a collective identity, who are organized by some form of political institutionalized social relations, and have a capacity...
- Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local (congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity may describe...
- latter type, the term "state" is sometimes used to refer to the federated polities that make up the federation, and they may have some of the attributes of...
- Look up polity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A polity is, broadly, any kind of political grouping. Polity may also refer to: Polity (publisher)...
- An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The word "bishop" here is derived...
- Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of ****emblies of presbyters, or elders...
- Congregational polity, or congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church...
- Polity is an academic publisher in the social sciences and humanities. It was established in 1984 in Cambridge by David Held and Anthony Giddens at the...
- part of the Pasig River delta on Luzon island. Together with Maynila, the polity (bayan) that was also situated on the southern part of the Pasig River delta...
- The Polity data series is a data series in political science research. Along with the V-Dem Democracy indices project and Democracy Index (The Economist)...