a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. [ R. ] “A political government.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Of or pertaining to a party, or to parties, in the state; as, his political relations were with the Whigs. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Politic; wise; also, artful. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]