society : Idioms & Phrases

• societies connected with a central society, or with each other.

Webster 1913

• noun British equivalent of United States savings and loan association
  

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• one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

Webster 1913

• a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members.

Webster 1913

• a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

Webster 1913

• noun an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
  

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• noun the fashionable elite
  bon ton; society; smart set; beau monde.
  

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• noun an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
  academy.
  

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• noun group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic
  hunting and gathering tribe.
  

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• noun a religious sect founded in the United States in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures; groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna; devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy
  Hare Krishna; ISKCON.
  

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• noun a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy)
  
  • America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists

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• the published record of its action, or of things done at its meetings.

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• noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
  Religious Society of Friends; Quakers.
  

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• noun an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science
  Royal Society.
  

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• noun an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science
  Royal Society.
  

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• noun a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers
  

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• noun an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa
  

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• noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers
  Religious Society of Friends; Quakers.
  

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• noun a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
  Jesuit order.
  

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• . See Jesuit.

Webster 1913

• a translation of F. vers de société, the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite society.

Webster 1913

• noun a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
  Tammany; Tammany Hall.
  

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• an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.

Webster 1913

• the published record of what it has done or accomplished.

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• noun a society with the social organization of a tribe
  

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• noun a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States
  Shakers.
  

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