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body politique

body politique is the obsolete form 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.

Forms of body politique

pluralbodies politique

Questions about body politique

What is body politique the obsolete form of?
Body politique is the obsolete form of body politic.

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