polity in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Religion and polity, however, remained separate domains, and in ordinary times the organizational links between the sangha and the king were not close.
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The origins of the polity are unknown, and it is first mentioned only in the early seventeenth century.
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However, the popular perception of being a single polity varies greatly, depending on subject matter, locality and personal background.
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It has an episcopal polity and 20 congregation with about 1,000 adherents.
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The fellowship's polity is a hybrid of presbyterian and congregational models.
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Their form of church governance is known as presbyterian polity.
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In other words, world polity theory puts more of an emphasis on homogenization than the other.
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In 2008 there was nearly 3400 members in 110 communities, and the church polity is episcopal.
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This encroachment is especially troubling because it destroys local control of the means of self-government, one of the central values of our polity.
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