- body politic
- noun Date: 15th century 1. a group of persons politically organized under a single governmental authority 2. archaic corporation 2 3. a people considered as a collective unit
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Body politic — or body corporate and politic means a state or one of its subordinate civil authorities, such as a province, prefecture, county, municipality, city or district. It is generally understood to mean a geographic area with an associated government at … Wikipedia
Body politic — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
body politic — body pol·i·tic / pä lə tik/ n pl bod·ies politic: a group of individuals organized under a single governmental authority Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. body politic … Law dictionary
body politic — A group of people organised under a single government or authority (national or regional) is a body politic … The small dictionary of idiomes
body politic — n [singular] formal all the people in a nation forming a state under the control of a single government … Dictionary of contemporary English
body politic — ► NOUN ▪ the people of a nation or society considered as an organized group of citizens … English terms dictionary
body politic — n. the people who collectively constitute a political unit under a government … English World dictionary
body politic — noun a politically organized body of people under a single government the state has elected a new president African nations students who had come to the nation s capitol the country s largest manufacturer an industrialized land • Syn: ↑state, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
body politic — N SING: usu the N The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group. [FORMAL] Unfortunately, this sense of internationalism has yet to spread through the body politic. Syn: state … English dictionary
body politic — A group of people organised under a single government or authority (national or regional) is a body politic. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
body politic, the — noun FORMAL all the people of a nation considered as a single group because of their combined political power … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
