Po*lit"i*cal (?), a.
1. Having, or conforming to, a
settled system of administration. [R.]
"A political government." Evelyn.
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.
3.
Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in
the state; as, his political relations were
with the Whigs.
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [Obs.] Sterne.
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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