1. (a.) Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; relating to affairs of state or administration; as, a political writer.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs.

4. (a.) Politic; wise; also, artful.

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