polity (politi)

[F. politie, policie, etc., They alledge 1. That the Church government must be conformable to the civill politie . Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. 2. Any body of persons forming a community governed according to a recognized system of scheme. and the art of government, or the science whose subject government.-31. Policy; art; management; is the regulation of man in all his relations as the member of a state, and the application of this science. In other words, it is the theory and practice of obtaining the ends of civil society as perfectly as po ible. The subjects which political science comprises have been arranged under the following heads: (1) natural law; (2) abstract politics-that is, the object or end of a state, and the relations between it and individual citizens; (3) political economy; (4) the science of police, municipal preguia tion; (5) practical politics, or the conduct of the immediate public affairs of a state; (6) history of politics; (7) history of the political systems of foreign states; (8) statistics; (9) positive law relating to state affairs, commonly called constitutional law; (10) practical law of nations; (11) diplomacy; (12) the technical science of politics, or an acquaintance with the forms and style of public busine in different countries. It was no polity of court, Albe the place were charmed, To let in earnest, or in sport, So many Loves in, armed. B. Jonson, Masque of Beauty. =Syn. 1. See policy1 . politzerize (pol'it-sér-īz), v . t .; pret. and pp. politze politzerized , ppr. politzerizing . politzerizing . [Named after Adam Politzer , of Vienna.] To inflate the Eustachian tube and tympanum of, by blowing into the anterior nares while the way down the pharynx is closed by the patient's swallowing at the instant of inflation. Also spelled pol it zerise. Hence the stre which Utilitarians are apt to lay on polivet, n.. A Middle English form of pulley . social and political activity of all kinds, and the tendency polk1t, v. A Middle English form of poke1 . which Utilitarian ethics have always shewn to pa over into politics . A pool. [Old and prov. H. Sidgwick , Methods of Ethics, p. 459. polk2, 'n. [Cf. pooll .] A pool Eng.] Machi a vell i. founded the science of politics for the modern world by concentrating thought upon its fund a polk3 (põlk), v. i. [ mental principles. 2. In a narrower and more usual sense, the art or vocation of guiding or influencing the policy of a government through the organization of a party among its citizens - including, therefore, not only the ethics of government, but more especially, and often to the exclusion of ethical principles, the art of influencing public opinion, attracting and marshaling voters, and obtain polka. [Colloq.] Gwendolen says she will not waltz or polk . George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xi. polka (pol'kä), n . [ polka = G. polka , a polka, so called with ref. to the half-step prevalent in it, pulka , half; cf. Pol. pol , half, Ru . polovina , a half.] 1. A lively round dance which originated in Bohemia about 1830, poll and was soon after introduced into Austria, France, and England, where it immediately attained a remarkable popularity. - 2. Music for such a dance or in its rhythm, which is duple, and marked by a capricious accent on the second beat, frequently followed by a rest.-Polka mazurka, a modification of the mazurka to the movement of a polka. polka-dot (pol'kä-dot), n. In textile fabrics, a pattern of round dots or spots, especially in printed stuffs for women's wear. polka-gauze (pol'kä-gâz), n. Gauze into which are woven spots or dots of more solid texture. polka-jacket (pol'kä-jak" et), n. A knitted jacket worn by women.