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 was innocent of stratagems and polity"

Derived forms: polities

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

Encyclopedia: Polity

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