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Affiliated societies Affiliate Af*fil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Affiliating.] [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to
adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.]
1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to
bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged
and in rebellion? --I. Taylor.
2. To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child;
as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man
rather than another.
3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of
hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
--H. Spencer.
4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society
as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.;
-- followed by to or with.
Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central
society, or with each other.
Benefit society Benefit society Benefit society
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as
among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in
sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually
called friendly society in Great Britain.
Cooperative society Cooperative Co*["o]p"er*a*tive, a.
Operating jointly to the same end.
Co["o]perative society, a society established on the
principle of a joint-stock association, for the production
of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for
consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital
among its members.
Co["o]perative store, a store established by a
co["o]perative society, where the members make their
purchases and share in the profits or losses.
Corresponding member of a society Corresponding Cor`re*spond"ing, a.
1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as,
corresponding numbers.
2. Carrying on intercourse by letters.
Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a
distance, who has been invited to correspond with the
society, and aid in carrying out its designs without
taking part in its management.
Debating society Debating De*bat"ing, n.
The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.
Debating society or club, a society or club for the
purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous
speaking.
friendly society Benefit society Benefit society
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as
among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in
sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually
called friendly society in Great Britain.
Proceedings of a society Proceeding Pro*ceed"ing, n.
1. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or
transaction; progress or movement from one thing to
another; a measure or step taken in a course of business;
a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a
violent proceeding.
The proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay.
2. pl. (Law) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an
action at law. --Blackstone.
Proceedings of a society, the published record of its
action, or of things done at its meetings.
Syn: Procedure; measure; step, See Transaction.
Societarian Societarian So*ci`e*ta"ri*an, a.
Of or pertaining to society; social.
The all-sweeping besom of societarian reformation.
--Lamb.
Societary Societary So*ci"e*ta*ry, a.
Societarian. [R.]
Society of the Sacred Heart Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), a religious order
of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826.
It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the
order devote themselves to the higher branches of female
education.
Sacred baboon. (Zo["o]l.) See Hamadryas.
Sacred bean (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo
speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a
water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus.
Sacred beetle (Zo["o]l.) See Scarab.
Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3.
Sacred fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyrid[ae].
Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered
sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus
oxyrhynchus.
Sacred ibis. See Ibis.
Sacred monkey. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus,
regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the
entellus. See Entellus.
(b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas.
(c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey.
Sacred place (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person
is buried.
Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted;
religious; venerable; reverend. -- Sa"cred*ly, adv. --
Sa"cred*ness, n.
Transaction of a society Transaction Trans*ac"tion, n. [L. transactio, fr. transigere,
transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish,
transact; trans across, over + agere to drive; cf. F.
transaction. See Act, Agent.]
1. The doing or performing of any business; management of any
affair; performance.
2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the
exchange.
3. (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by
mutual agreement.
Transaction of a society, the published record of what it
has done or accomplished.
Syn: Proceeding; action; process.
Usage: Transaction, Proceeding. A transaction is
something already done and completed; a proceeding is
either something which is now going on, or, if ended,
is still contemplated with reference to its progress
or successive stages.
Note: `` We the word proceeding in application to an affray
in the street, and the word transaction to some
commercial negotiation that has been carried on between
certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of
proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a
court of law. The transaction marks the business
transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange.'
--Crabb.
