πολίτευμα, -τος, τό (< πολιτεύω), [in LXX: 2Ma.12:7 * ;] __1. an act of administration. __2. a form of government. __3. = πολιτεία, __(a) citizenship : Php.3:20 (R, txt.); __(b) community, commonwealth : Phi, l.with (R, mg.; for exx, see MM, xx).† (AS)
Thayer:
1) the administration of civil affairs or of a commonwealth 2) the constitution of a commonwealth, form of government and the laws by which it is administered 3) a state, commonwealth 3a) the commonwealth of citizens
πολίτευμα
politeuma
pol-it'-yoo-mah
From G4176; a community, that is, (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively)