body politic
noun Political Science.
a people regarded as a political body under an organized government.
Origin of body politic
1425–75; late Middle English
bodi politik
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British Dictionary definitions for body politic
body politic
noun
the body politic
the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state