recognize them as such. Definitions of a state are disputed. According to sociologist Max Weber: a "state" is a polity that maintains a monopoly on the legitimate...

Free state is a term occasionally used in the official titles of some states throughout the world with varying meanings depending on the context. In principle...

resource-manipulating organizational structure. A polity like a state does not need to be a sovereign unit. The preeminent polities today are Westphalian states and nation-states...

Look up State, state, or States in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. State most commonly refers to: State (polity), a centralized political organization...

Ecclesiastical polity is the government of a church. There are local (congregational) forms of organization as well as denominational. A church's polity may describe...

An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. The...

Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders...

divided into 16 traditional polities. The 16-seat Council of Chiefs, made up of the traditional chiefs from each constituent state, is an advisory body to...

Look up polity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A polity is, broadly, any kind of political grouping. Polity may also refer to: Polity (publisher)...

monarchs in Indonesia is inadequate. In some instances below, pre-colonial polities have been restored, and the royal titles of their leaders have been nominally...