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Society

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

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Elite 76% connected

A choice or select body; the flower; as, the elite of society.

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Friendship 76% connected

The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; fr…

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Athenaeum 76% connected

A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

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Atheneum 76% connected

Alt. of Athenaeum

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Chapter 76% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Civilization 76% connected

The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

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Culture 76% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Fraternity 76% connected

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

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Freemasonry 76% connected

The institutions or the practices of freemasons.

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Turnverein 76% connected

A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.

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Component part 3

Class 70% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Sector 70% connected

A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

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Stratum 70% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Structure 70% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Beau monde 92% connected

The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety.

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Bon ton 92% connected

The height of the fashion; fashionable society.

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Club 92% connected

A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

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Companionship 92% connected

Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

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Company 92% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Fellowship 92% connected

The state or relation of being or associate.

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Gild 92% connected

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

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Guild 92% connected

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or cor…

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Lodge 92% connected

A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

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Order 92% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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