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|txtha=πολιτευματος, τό ([[πολιτεύω]]), in Greek writings from [[Plato]] [[down]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[administration]] of [[civil]] affairs or of a [[commonwealth]] (R. V. [[text]] (Phil. as [[below]]) [[citizenship]]).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[constitution]] of a [[commonwealth]], [[form]] of [[government]] and the laws by [[which]] it is administered.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[state]], [[commonwealth]] (so R. V. marginal [[reading]]): [[ἡμῶν]], the [[commonwealth]] whose citizens we are ([[see]] [[πόλις]], b.), [[ἐπί]] γῆς διατριβουσιν, ἀλλ' ἐν οὐρανῷ πολιτευονται, Epist. ad Diogn. c. 5 [ET]; ([[τῶν]] σοφῶν ψυχαί) πατρίδα [[μέν]] [[τόν]] οὐράνιον χῶρον, ἐν ᾧ πολιτευονται, ξένον [[τόν]] περιγειον ἐν ᾧ παρῴκησαν νομιζουσαι, [[Philo]] de confus. ling. § 17; (γυναῖκες ... τῷ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐγγεγραμμεναι πολιτευματι, de agricult. § 17 at the [[end]]. Cf. [[especially]] Lightfoot on Philippians , the [[passage]] cited).