Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

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Intercourse :: Intercourse (n.) A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion..
Self-government :: Self-government (n.) Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy..
Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Colleague :: Colleague (n.) A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state..
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
Police :: Police (n.) The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws..
Parish :: Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc..
Civil :: Civil (a.) 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..
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civil; coarse; clownish.
Savage :: Savage (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners..
Actor :: Actor (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
Obliging :: Obliging (a.) Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind..
Centumvir :: Centumvir (n.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections..
Faair-spoken :: Faair-spoken (a.) Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible..
Uncivilty :: Uncivilty (adv.) In an uncivil manner.
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
Civilian :: Civilian (n.) One skilled in the civil law.
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