(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 house society

plural of e-society

plural of Society Islander

plural of black society

plural of benefit society

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.