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.