pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.-subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.-performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.-having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.-pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.-relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.