Category:Political

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.