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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
polity /ˈpɒlɪti/

▶noun (pl. polities) a form or process of civil government or constitution.

■ an organized society; a state as a political entity.

– origin C16: from obs. Fr. politie, via L. from Gk politeia ‘citizenship, government’.

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