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Noun: body politic (bodies politic)  'bó-dee'pó-li-tik
  1. A politically organized body of people under a single government
    "the body politic has elected a new president";
    - state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica

Derived forms: bodies politic

Type of: political entity, political unit

Encyclopedia: Body politic

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