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Body politic

noun

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

    "In Bodies Politique the power of the Repreſentative is alwaies Limited: And that which preſcribeth the Limits thereof, is the Power Soveraign."

  2. 2
    a politically organized body of people under a single government wordnet
  3. 3
    The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions. figuratively
  4. 4
    A corporation. archaic

Etymology

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

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