Category:Society

So*ci"e*ty, n.; pl. Societies. Etym: [l. societas, fr. socius a Companion: cf. F. société. See social.]

1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; Companionship; fellowship; company. "her loved society." Milton. There is society where none intrudes by the deep sea, and music in Its roar. Byron.

2. Connection; participation; partnership. [r.] The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the Acts and crimes of kings. Jer. Taylor.

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.

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.

5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its Social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive Formal entertainments. Society of jesus. See jesuit. -- society verses etym: [a translation of f. vers de société], the Lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite Society.