Lexical Definition

‎πολίτευμα‎ políteuma (pol-it'-yoo-mah) citizenship ^G:N-N
from ‎πολιτεύομαι‎

conversation.

• a community, i.e. (abstractly) citizenship (figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

** πολίτευμα, -τος, τό (< πολιτεύω), [in LXX: II Mac 12:7*;]
1. an act of administration.
2. a form of government.
3. = πολιτεία,
(a) citizenship: Phl 3:20 (R, txt.);
(b) community, commonwealth: Phl 3:20 (R, mg.; for exx. v. MM, xx).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πολίτευμα-ευμα, ατος, τό,

business of government, act of administration, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: more frequently in plural, measures of government or institutions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τὴν πόλιν π. καὶ ἐν τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς both in my home and foreign policy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__II the concrete of πολιτεία [Refs], the government, π. ἐστὶν ἡ πολιτεία [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν π. the citizens, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἀκέραια, σωφρονικά, [Refs 1st c.BC+]free republics, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; form of government, πολίτεομα (sic) εἶναι ἐν Χίῳ δῆμον [Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Decrees Attic dialect cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III citizen rights, citizenship, ἀξίους τοῦ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν π. [NT]
__IV concrete, body of citizens, τὸ π. τὸ Μιλησίων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; souereign body, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.2 corporate body of citizens resident in a foreign city, Καυνίων τὸ π. (at Sidon) [Refs]; τὸ π. τῶν Κρητῶν (in Egypt) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.2.b generally, corporate body, association, τὸ π. τῶν γυναικῶν [Refs]; τὸ π. τινός founded by a person, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Phil.3.20}