Thesaurus / polity
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Those who approve of their polity countenance what is hostile to his government, and thus act as his enemies.
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMThe history of our polity at this time is closely connected with the history of one man.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYSwitzerland, he urged, played so important a part in the European polity, that no one could be indifferent to its destiny.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGBut why should not a part of that fable have come true in our polity, as another part of it has come true in yours?
A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA: ROMANCEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSCalvin exercised a great influence on the civil polity of Geneva, although it was established before he came to the city.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIJOHN LORDHe was accused of being opposed to any republican polity, and of seeking the annihilation of the State Governments.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 16, NO. 97, NOVEMBER, 1865VARIOUSConsider these requirements a little, and the evils that result in our education and polity from neglecting them.
THE STONES OF VENICE, VOLUME III (OF 3)JOHN RUSKINIn ecclesiastical polity he never was a partisan, and for piety his attraction was always more powerful than for mere theology.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOLUME 3, NO. 1, APRIL, 1851VARIOUSAccordingly, assuming the absence of laws, democracy is the least bad or most tolerable of the six varieties of sham-polity.
PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTEThe foundations of the civil and religious polity of the colony were laid on the 4th of June, 1639, with every due solemnity.
GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICACHARLES A. GOODRICHWORDS RELATED TO POLITY
- Uncle Sam
- Washington
- authority
- bureaucracy
- command
- control
- direction
- domination
- dominion
- empire
- execution
- executive
- governance
- guidance
- influence
- jurisdiction
- law
- ministry
- patronage
- political practice
- politics
- polity
- power
- powers that be
- predominance
- presidency
- regency
- regime
- regimentation
- regulation
- restraint
- rule
- sovereignty
- state
- statecraft
- superintendence
- superiority
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- the feds
- union
- action
- agenda
- agendum
- channels
- conduct
- course
- custom
- daily grind
- fashion
- form
- formula
- game plan
- gimmick
- grind
- idea
- layout
- line
- maneuver
- measure
- method
- mode
- modus operandi
- move
- nuts and bolts
- operation
- performance
- plan
- policy
- polity
- practice
- proceeding
- program
- red tape
- routine
- scheme
- setup
- step
- strategy
- style
- the book
- the numbers
- transaction
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