01 a. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.
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1.
Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.[R.]
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2.
Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.
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3.
Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.
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Politic; wise; also, artful.[Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
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.