1. The form of government of a social organization
   "The new constitution aimed to establish a more stable polity";
   - civil order
    
2. A politically organized unit
   "The ancient Greek polity was based on city-states"
    
3. Shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
   "we were innocent of stratagems and polity"

Derived forms: polities

Type of: administration, disposal, order, org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization

Encyclopedia: Polity