the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Dictionaries
Society
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Connection; participation; partnership.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Society'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/society.html. 1828.