Societies

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

  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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