definition of
[society]

[1] #1 society n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization. wn

[2] #2 society n. [club, social club, guild, gild, lodge, order] 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". wn

[3] #3 society n. [company, companionship, fellowship] the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends". wn

[4] #4 society n. [high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton] the fashionable elite. wn