Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Society
society, n. [OFr < L. 'companion'.]
- Community; order; organization; [fig.] expanse; infinity.
- Fellowship; visiting; social relations; meeting with callers; interaction with other people.
- Company; association; shared existence.
- Companionship; communion; friendship; acceptance.
- Phrase. “selects her own Society”: decides on the visitors that she wants to have; [possibly reflexive] assigns only herself as company; appoints her solitary self to be her only companionship; [fig.] dies; passes away.
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