the relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.-connection; participation; partnership.-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.-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.-specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.