Phrase Hound found 36 phrases and 12 compound words that contain societies. The most common are listed below. Open societies in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 36
- building societiesplural of building society: A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.
- benefit societiesplural 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.
- bible societiesplural of bible society: An organisation which promotes, distributes and, on occasion, translates the Holy Bible.
- black societiesplural of black society: A Chinese gang or triad.
- civic societiesplural of civic society: A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community.
- civil societiesplural of civil society: All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family.
- classification societiesplural of classification society: A non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures.
- friendly societiesplural of friendly society: Any of various early types of life insurance or mutual support associations.
- historical societiesplural of historical society: An organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items, often related to a specific geographic area or time period.
- honor societiesplural of honor society: An organization that recognizes excellence among peers, typically associated with an educational facility or other structured organization.
- learned societiesplural of learned society: An organization that exists to promote an academic discipline or group of disciplines.
- mutual societiesplural of mutual society: A mutual organization.
- secret societiesplural of secret society: A club, fraternal organization, or other association which admits only selected individuals as members, whose meetings and practices are often ritualistic and not public, and which often has the purpose of …
- collecting societiesplural of collecting society: A body with the authority to license copyrighted works and collect royalties on behalf of its members.
- tract societiesplural of tract society: A religious organization that promotes the religion by distributing pamphlets.
- burial societiesplural of burial society: A form of friendly society that exists to cover funeral expenses.
- altar societiesplural of altar society: A group of laypersons in a parish church who maintain the ceremonial objects used in worship.
- humane societiesplural of humane society: An organization with the aim of stopping cruelty to animals.
- ladies' aid societiesplural of ladies' aid society: Any of numerous organizations of women formed during the American Civil War to provide soldiers with supplies on the battlefield and to care for sick and wounded soldiers.
- acclimatisation societiesplural of acclimatisation society: Any of numerous societies, especially common in the late 19th century, whose goal was to enrich the local flora and fauna of a region by introducing foreign animals and plants.
- café societiesplural of café society: Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socializing in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous …
- book societiesplural of book society: A group of people who meet to discuss the books they have been reading.
- cafe societiesplural of cafe society: Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socializing in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous …
- collection societiesplural of collection society: Any organisation which manages or administers copyright or rights related to copyright as its sole purpose or as one of its main purposes
- consumer societiesplural of consumer society: Society that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
Compound words 12
- antisocietiesplural of antisociety: In opposition to society.
- consocietiesplural of consociety: An imaginary society, especially one associated with a conworld or conlang.
- cybersocietiesplural of cybersociety: Society in cyberspace.
- infosocietiesplural of infosociety: An information society.
- megasocietiesplural of megasociety: A very large-scale society.
- microsocietiesplural of microsociety: A very small social grouping of people
- nonsocietiesplural of nonsociety: A group or organization that is not a society.
- protosocietiesplural of protosociety: A primitive, relatively simple social system.
- subsocietiesplural of subsociety: A society making up part of a larger society.
- supersocietiesplural of supersociety: A society composed of multiple smaller societies.