civitas.
community/city/town/state; citizens; citizen rights/citizenship; naturalization;
Meaning & usage
citizenship and its rights; often referring to Roman citizenship.
the state, body politic, citizens of a territory (collectively).
a city and all external territory (thus distinguished from urbs).
city-states, kingdoms, or tribes, especially under Roman rule.
a city: a major, biblical, or specially incorporated town, particularly cathedral cities.
His diebus Langobardi Italia invaserunt, Vincentiam Veronamque et reliquas Venetiarum civitates coepit, et per tres annos Ticino possedit.
a borough: a walled settlement, sometimes particularly former Roman towns.
either the Church or Heaven.
State, country.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-der. Proto-Italic *keiwis Latin ceivis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin ceivitās Latin civitas From earlier ceivitās, from ceivis + -tās. By surface analysis, cīvi(s) (“citizen”) + -tās.
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