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political (?), a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] A political government
| political | (?), a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] A political government. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer. The political state of Europe. Paley. [1913 Webster]
3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs. [1913 Webster]
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] Sterne. [1913 Webster]
Political economy, that branch of political science or philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations. [1913 Webster] |
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