Polity (Greek: Πολιτεία or Πολίτευμα transliterated as Politeía or Políteuma) was originally a term used in Ancient Greece to refer to the many Greek city states that had an assembly of citizens as part of the political process. Suffrage did not include women, slaves, serfs, or metics. Thus, voting citizens usually included only a minority of the adult males. Polity may refer to one of the following. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around nine hundred years. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... In ancient Greece, the term metic meant resident alien, a person who did not have citizen rights in their Greek city-state (polis) of residence. ...
Today it is usually a general term that refers to the political organization of a group. It is often used to describe a loosely organized society such as a tribe or community, but can mean any political group including a government or empire, corporation or academy. It is also used in the phrase ecclesiastical polity as a synonym of church government. http://www. ... A community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests. ... This article is about the political and historical term. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... Raphaels fresco The School of Athens An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership. ... Ecclesiastical polity is the operational and governance structure of a church or Christian denomination. ...
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