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▪ I. † soˈcietary, n. Obs.—1 [Cf. next.] An associate.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 258 These four eminent Scots I have put together, because they were societaries by the name of Jesus, vulgarly called Jesuits. ▪ II. societary, a.|səʊˈsaɪɪtərɪ| [f. societ-y + -ary.] Of, pertaining to, concerned or dealing with, society or social conditions; social.
1847Tait's Mag. XIV. 267 Small farms would also be a return to something like Patriarchalism, a past societary state. 1885L. Oliphant Sympneumata 187 It should not be matter for surprise that just and truer order has so lately begun to show itself on the field of societary life. 1886T. Frost Country Journalist v. (1888) 57 Men..disposed to study societary science. |