About The Word Society

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Society

Society Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Society?
[n] an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
[n] a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [n] the fashionable elite [n] the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends" Synonyms | Synonyms for Society: beau monde | bon ton | club | companionship | company | fellowship | gild | guild | high society | lodge | order | smart set Related Terms | Find terms related to Society: See Also | association | athenaeum | atheneum | boat club | bookclub | chapter | chess club | civilisation | civilization | club member | country club | culture | elite | Four Hundred | frat | fraternity | freemasonry | friendly relationship | friendship | glee club | golf club | hunt | hunt club | investors club | jockey club | racket club | rowing club | secret society | sector | service club | slate club | social group | social organisation | social organization | social structure | social system | sorority | structure | tribal society | turnverein | yacht club Society In Webster's Dictionary \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Societies}. [L. societas, fr.
socius a companion: cf. F. soci['e]t['e]. See {Social}.]
1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in
any way; companionship; fellowship; company. ``Her loved
society.'' --Milton.
There is society where none intrudes By the deep
sea, and music in its roar. --Byron.
2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
The meanest of the people and such as have the least
society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
Taylor.
3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or
permanent object; an association for mutual or joint
usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a
partnership; as, a missionary society.
4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any
region or at any period; any community of individuals who
are united together by a common bond of nearness or
intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates,
friends, and acquaintances.
5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
give receive formal entertainments.
{Society of Jesus}. See {Jesuit}.
{Society verses} [a translation of F. vers de soci['e]t['e]],
the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
amusement of polite society.
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