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bodies politic

bodies politic is the plural of body politic.

Meaning of body politic

Noun

body politic (plural bodies politic)

  1. (figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized.
    • In Bodies Politique the power of the Repreſentative is alwaies Limited: And that which preſcribeth the Limits thereof, is the Power Soveraign.1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Systems Subject Political and Private”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew...
  2. (figuratively) The collective body of a nation or state as exercising political functions.
  3. (archaic) A corporation.

Questions about bodies politic

What is bodies politic the plural of?
Bodies politic is the plural of body politic.

Words near bodies politic in the dictionary

  1. bodies
  2. bodies corporate
  3. bodies forth
  4. bodies of water
  5. bodies of work
  6. bodies politic
  7. bodies politique
  8. bodiesful
  9. Bodiford
  10. Bodifords
  11. bodig

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