Certain principles of polity adopted in our own Church a century ago, and notably among them those affecting the legislative rights of the laity in matters ecclesiastical, are beginning to find tardy recognition in the England of the present.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
In Henry's mind, however, the question appears to have been almost exclusively one of discipline or polity.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Such is that excellent system of polity, which shines, the envy of the stranger, and the protector of the native.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton