There is society where none intrudes By the deep
sea, and music in its roar. --Byron.
2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
The meanest of the people and such as have the least
society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer.
Taylor.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community
in its social relations and influences; those who mutually
give receive formal entertainments.
{Society of Jesus}. See {Jesuit}.
{Society verses} [a translation of F. vers de soci['e]t['e]],
the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the
amusement of polite society.