A formal association of people with similar interests.
synonyms: club, gild, lodge, order, social club, society.
Roget 712:
party,
faction,
side,
denomination,
communion,
set,
crew,
band.
horde,
posse,
phalanx;
family,
clan,
etc.
166;
team;
tong.
council
etc.
696.
community,
body,
fellowship,
sodality,
solidarity;
confraternity;
familistere†,
familistery†;
brotherhood,
sisterhood.
knot,
gang,
clique,
ring,
circle,
group,
crowd,
in-crowd;
coterie,
club,
casino†;
machine;
Tammany,
Tammany Hall [U.S.].
corporation,
corporate body,
guild;
establishment,
company;
copartnership†,
partnership;
firm,
house;
joint concern,
joint-stock company;
cahoot,
combine [U.S.],
trust.
society,
association;
institute,
institution;
union;
trades union;
league,
syndicate,
alliance,
Verein [G.],
Bund [G.],
Zollverein [G.],
combination;
Turnverein [G.];
league offensive and defensive,
alliance offensive and defensive;
coalition;
federation;
confederation,
confederacy;
junto,
cabal,
camarilla†,
camorra†,
brigue†;
freemasonry;
party spirit
etc.
(cooperation)
709.
Confederates,
Conservatives,
Democrats,
Federalists,
Federals,
Freemason,
Knight Templar;
Kuklux,
Kuklux Klan,
KKK;
Liberals,
Luddites,
Republicans,
Socialists,
Tories,
Whigs
&c..
staff;
dramatis personae [Lat.].
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Roget 966:
tribunal,
court,
board,
bench,
judicatory†;
court of justice,
court of law,
court of arbitration,
administrative court;
inquisition;
guild.
justice seat;
judgment seat,
mercy seat;
woolsack†;
bar of justice;
dock;
forum,
hustings,
bureau,
drumhead;
jury box,
witness box.
senate house,
town hall,
theater;
House of Commons,
House of Lords;
statehouse [U.S.],
townhouse.
assize,
eyre;
wardmote†,
burghmote†;
barmote†;
superior courts of Westminster;
court of record,
court oyer and terminer [Law],
court assize,
court of appeal,
court of error;
High court of Judicature,
High court of Appeal;
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
Star Chamber;
Court of Chancery,
Court of King's or Queen's Bench,
Court of Exchequer,
Court of Common Pleas,
Court of Probate,
Court of Arches,
Court of Admiralty;
Lords Justices' court,
Rolls court,
Vice Chancellor's court,
Stannary court†,
Divorce court,
Family court,
Palatine court,
county court,
district court,
police court;
sessions;
quarter sessions,
petty sessions;
court-leet [Fr.],
court-baron,
court of pie poudre [Fr.],
court of common council;
board of green cloth.
court martial;
drumhead court martial;
durbar†,
divan;
Areopagus†;
Irota.
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Dutch: samenleving, gilde, gezelschap, sociëteit, orde, club, vereniging
Polish: klub