(Britain, Australia, banking) A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale.

The elite or upper crust of society. / That portion of society that is especially concerned with etiquette, proper behavior, and politeness.

An organization that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines.

(anthropology) A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.

plural of Society Islander

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labour unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, etc. and for the expenses of burial.

A Chinese gang or triad.

All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family.

(Internet slang, sometimes humorous) the mores of society are irrational, hypocritical or otherwise flawed

(Oxford University, historical) Former name of St Catherine's College, Oxford.