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body politic

noun

Etymology

From body + politic (postpositive adjective), calque of Latin corpus polīticum.

  1. calqued from corpus polīticum

Definitions

  1. The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.

    • In Bodies Politique the power of the Repreſentative is alwaies Limited: And that which preſcribeth the Limits thereof, is the Power Soveraign.
    • In contrast to all other groups, the Jews were defined and their position determined by the body politic.
    • While most historians of the period dissect the body politic, Whitelock doesn't waste time in the halls of Parliament. Instead, she hastens straight to the boudoir of the queen who chose celibacy as a means of wielding power.

  2. The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions.

  3. A corporation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA