Citizenship

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Citizenship \Cit"i*zen*ship\, n.
     The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  citizenship
       n 1: the status of a citizen with rights and duties
       2: conduct as a citizen; "award for good citizenship"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Citizenship
     the rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a
     foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). Under the Mosaic law
     non-Israelites, with the exception of the Moabites and the
     Ammonites and others mentioned in Deut. 23:1-3, were admitted to
     the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Ex. 12:19;
     Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15; Deut. 10:18; 14:29; 16:10, 14).
     
       The right of citizenship under the Roman government was
     granted by the emperor to individuals, and sometimes to
     provinces, as a favour or as a recompense for services rendered
     to the state, or for a sum of money (Acts 22:28). This "freedom"
     secured privileges equal to those enjoyed by natives of Rome.
     Among the most notable of these was the provision that a man
     could not be bound or imprisoned without a formal trial (Acts
     22:25, 26), or scourged (16:37). All Roman citizens had the
     right of appeal to Caesar (25:11).