Polity
11polity — /pol i tee/, n., pl. polities. 1. a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity. 2. the condition of being constituted as a state or other organized community or body: The polity of ancient Athens became a… …
12polity — [[t]pɒ̱lɪti[/t]] polities N COUNT A polity is an organized society, such as a nation, city, or church, together with its government and administration. [FORMAL] In the United States, citizenship rested on choices by individuals about the polity… …
13polity — UK [ˈpɒlətɪ] / US [ˈpɑlətɪ] noun [countable] Word forms polity : singular polity plural polities very formal a society that is organized in a political way and that has its own form of government …
14polity — pol•i•ty [[t]ˈpɒl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) gov a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity[/ex] 2) gov a state or other organized community or body 3) gov the condition of being constituted as a state or other… …
15Polity (publisher) — Polity Press is an international publisher in the social sciences and humanities. It publishes around 100 books a year in sociology, politics, philosophy, media and cultural studies, health studies, literary studies, history, anthropology and… …
16Polity (disambiguation) — Polity may refer to one of the following.*Polity, a general term that refers to political organization of a group *Ecclesiastical polity, the system of church governance *Polity (publisher), a UK based social sciences and humanities publisher …
17Polity data series — The Polity data series is a widely used data series in political science research. [Casper, Gretchen, and Claudiu Tufis. 2003. “Correlation Versus Interchangeability: the Limited Robustness of Empirical Finding on Democracy Using Highly… …
18Polity Agent — infobox Book | name = Polity Agent title orig = translator = image caption = Cover for Polity Agent author = Neal Asher illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Ian Cormac genre = Science fiction novel… …
19polity approach — The polity approach under which a civil court may properly resolve church property disputes requires court to determine whether church organization is congregational or hierarchical and then resolve dispute in accordance with decision by proper… …
20polity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Late Latin politia more at police Date: 1538 1. political organization 2. a specific form of political organization 3. a politically organized unit 4. a. the form or constitution of a politically organized unit b.… …
