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Nave Topical Bible
• Citizens
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• Citizens, Roman
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• Citizen, Citizenship
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
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• Citizen
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(1):

(n.) An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

(2):

(n.) A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

(3):

(n.) One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

(4):

(n.) One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

(5):

(a.) Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

(6):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.