Reference meaning

civitas

noun·Reference

Last updated

the social body of the citizens united by law

Other meanings

2. noun

a city and its territory

3. noun

a community

4. noun

a state, (chiefly) a city-state

Source and scope

This definition is reproduced from English Wiktionary, sense en-civitas-en-noun-lYE1NuHj, under the CC BY-SA 4.0. It has not yet received VocabularyBase editorial review. Read the source and license details.