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Meanings of polity in English

Spanish
orden civil

The form of government of a social organization.

        orden civil
        Usage of polity in English
        1
        The strength of the family tie in the Israelitish polity was great.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
        2
        This is a fundamental principle in our system of complex national polity.
        The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and I...
        3
        But as illustrating the polity of the church it is quite valueless.
        The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
        4
        Upon this fiction reposed the whole provisional polity of the revolted Netherlands.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 18: 1572
        5
        The polity of each race differed widely from that of the other.
        The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 01: Introduction I
        6
        And the nationalists largely opted out of participation in the new polity.
        The Irish Times
        7
        These things shall be when the polity of the world is changed.
        Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
        8
        The metaphysical polity is progressive, but progressive mainly in a negative way.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
        9
        Always, however, the best manners are the cause of the best polity.
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        10
        The Russian polity is no longer a despotism tempered by the cord.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 / A Magazine...
        11
        Each College, at the same time, is a little polity in itself.
        Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 / Great Britain and ...
        12
        A House of Commons was a necessary part of the new polity.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        13
        They purport to be merely recitals of the old polity of England.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        14
        The unstable polity of Europe heeled over like a ship that founders.
        The Soul of a Bishop
        15
        The Catholic polity was only gradually established, sustained by experience and reason.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
        16
        Nor can these blunders be considered accidental; they were inherent in the polity.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
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