Etymology

body politic

Today it means: The collective body of a nation or state as politically organized. Full definition →

Latin corpus polīticum
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  1. Latin · calque ofcorpus polīticum
  2. English todaybody politic

From body + politic (postpositive adjective), calque of Latin corpus polīticum.

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