plural polities
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
: the form of government of a religious denomination
Examples of polity in a Sentence
the polities of medieval Italy
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For fifty years, Goethe served as an adviser to Karl August, Grand Duke of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, the sovereign of one of the many tiny polities that made up Germany.
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Out of this defeat the Third Republic was born, threatened by an attempt to establish a radical polity (the Paris Commune).
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
The polity scale score dropped to +7.
—John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The polity scale score dropped to +7.
—John M. Crisp, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Out of this defeat the Third Republic was born, threatened by an attempt to establish a radical polity (the Paris Commune).
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
The polity scale score dropped to +7.
—John M. Crisp, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The polity scale score dropped to +7.
—John M. Crisp, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for polity
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“Polity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polity. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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