society (
http://definr.com/society)
n 1: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and
economic organization
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn:
club,
guild,
gild,
lodge,
order]
3: the state of being with someone; "he missed their company";
"he enjoyed the society of his friends" [syn:
company,
companionship,
fellowship]
4: the fashionable elite [syn:
high society,
beau monde, {smart
set},
bon ton]