Political (?), a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [R.] “A political government.” Evelyn.
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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. “The political state of Europe.” Paley.
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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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4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] Sterne.
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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.
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