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English Dictionary: society	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for society
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
society n an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization 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" Synonym(s): club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends" Synonym(s): company, companionship, fellowship, society the fashionable elite Synonym(s): society, high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Society \Soci"ety\, 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.