societas
- noun
- /soʊˈsiːətəs/
- Formal
:
sociedad
- The local societas held a charity event to support education in the community.
Examples
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A familiar figure at large conferences, Metzger became president of the American Society of Biblical Literature in 1971 and of the international New Testament society Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas that same year.
Academic text (2007) -
Think: there he rides, between crag and ravine, and he curses because no one understands us, him, us, the immigrants from the Societas.
Fiction book (1994) -
As a member of the writers' societas, she attended weekly meetings to share her work.
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The academic societas organized a conference to discuss recent developments in sociology.
Synonyms
84
3.0
People who share an interest and meet regularly
12
2.7
People who meet, talk, and feel they belong together
1
8.0
A student club at school or university for people with a shared interest
1
9.9
A group of people who share a common purpose and work together
1
6.6
A group of people who act together for a shared purpose
1
8.4
A group of people who work together for religious, charitable or social causes
A formal group of people who work together for a shared purpose
How Organized
478
3.9
- US
∞
2.7
84
3.0
- Formal
188
2.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word societas comes from the Latin root socius, which means 'companion' or 'ally', and it is the same root behind English words like social, society, and associate. So a societas is a group of people who join as companions or partners for a common purpose, which explains its use for formal partnerships and societies.