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Definition: Society verses
Society
\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.
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There is society where none intrudes
By the deep sea, and music in its roar. --Byron.
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2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
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The meanest of the people and such as have the least
society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
Taylor.
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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.
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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.
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5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
give receive formal entertainments.
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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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