Definition of civil

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Civil (a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state..

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Criminal :: Criminal (a.) Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code..
Pretor :: Pretor (n.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine..
Pioneer :: Pioneer (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform..
Court :: Court (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical..
Century :: Century (n.) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers..
Enfranchise :: Enfranchise (v. t.) To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.
Secularist :: Secularist (n.) One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element..
Actor :: Actor (n.) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Self-government :: Self-government (n.) Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy..
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America..
Insurgent :: Insurgent (a.) Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious..
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility..
Misbehavior :: Misbehavior (n.) Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct..
Barbarous :: Barbarous (a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country..
Government :: Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government..
Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..
Building :: Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture..
Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal..
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