an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
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
the state of being with someone; he missed their company; he enjoyed the society of his friends
[ Syn: company , companionship , fellowship ]
the fashionable elite
[ Syn: high society , beau monde , smart set , bon ton ]