civitas
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- noun
- /ˈsɪvɪtəs/
- Archaic
- In ancient Rome, the civitas was not just a city but also included its citizens and political structure.
Examples
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Charting a Course (Curriculum Task Force 1989) and Civitas (Quigley and Bahmueller 1991) are erudite proposals that represent serious concerns of the profession and the general citizenry, but they say precious little about how their main ideas might be carried out in the classroom.
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The analysis of United Nations figures by think-tank Civitas shows Scotland's murder rate is the fifth-highest of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, behind Mexico, the United States, Turkey, and South Korea.
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A second demonstration, organized by the conservative Catholic organization Civitas, took place in Paris on Sunday.
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She is the editor of What a Woman is Worth, due out this summer through Civitas Press.
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An estimated 85 Sharia councils could be operating in Britain, according to a 2009 report by the think tank Civitas.
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About Greensward: Civitas
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A civic education revival movement is currently underway, from which has emerged a "Civitas Framework" that is designed to improve some of the conditions related to the poor status of political education in the schools (Bahmueller 1991).
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That said, yesterday I dropped in at the Doubletree Hotel to hear Art Pope's remarks at a Civitas Institute luncheon. $15 at the door, which I was prepared to pay, though I was also ready to skip the lunch in my role as the hungry reporter.
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Early voting has started in North Carolina, and according to the Civitas election tracker, Democrat early voting is down by 5% compared to the same day of early voting in '08, while Republican and unaffiliated voting is up by a combined 5%.
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The civitas of Pompeii thrived until the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Synonyms
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A large town where many people live and work that has its own local government
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A city in ancient Greece that ruled itself like a small country
Surface Forms
Etymology
Civitas comes from the old Latin word civis, meaning 'citizen', and it originally named a city or community made up of those citizens. That's why the same root appears in English words like city and citizen, and civitas refers to an ancient Roman city and its people.