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English Dictionary: societies by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Societies}. [L. societas, fr.
      socius a companion: cf. F. soci[82]t[82]. See {Social}.]
      1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in
            any way; companionship; fellowship; company. [bd]Her loved
            society.[b8] --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[82]t[82]],
            the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
            amusement of polite society.
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