English Dictionary

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.
Source : opted (144447)  - auto

Connection; participation; partnership.
Source : opted (144448)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (144449)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (144450)  - auto

Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
Source : opted (144451)  - auto