Society

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Connection; participation; partnership.

II. Society ·noun The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

III. Society ·noun Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

IV. Society ·noun 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.

V. Society ·noun 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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