society
adj.
of or pertaining to the upper class
n.
group of people who have joined together to pursue a common interest or goal, association, organization; community; human beings and the relations between them; rich upper class; fellowship, companionship
Society
Society
(n.)
The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
(n.)
Connection; participation; partnership.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Society
A group of people formed as a separate organization and which has as a stated purpose some charitable or benevolent purpose either in regards to the public at-large or in regards to the common interests of the members, and which operates as nearly as possible at cost. - (
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Hebron
society; friendship
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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