(n.) The relationship of men to one another when associated in
any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
(n.) Connection; participation; partnership.
(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.
(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.
(n.) Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive
formal entertainments.
