Definitions
shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
Word origin
From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“New polities emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Civic body”6 letters
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