The relationship of men to one
another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship;
company.
Connection; participation;
partnership.
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.
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.
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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