civitas

Noun

Meaning

(Roman history) The social body of the citizens united by law

(Roman history) A city and its territory

(pedantic) A community.

(pedantic) A state, (chiefly) a city-state.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

city state

Anagrams

cavitis Vistica

Examples

Quomodo sedet sola civitas. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Evelyn Waugh

A documentary entry as civitas in 1216 points to the existence of an enclosed Dresden Fortification at that time. Source: Internet

Achille Luchaire, Annals of the Faculty of Letters of Bordeaux (1879), note 12 and 24, regarding the Notitia Provinciarum mentioning the civitas Boatium (var. Source: Internet

Around AD 75, work on the civitas forum and basilica had commenced on the site of the former principia and by the late 2nd century the civitas walls had been completed. Source: Internet

By 1231, Tübingen was a civitas indicating recognition of civil liberties and a court system. Source: Internet

Civitas can be traded on these cryptocurrency exchanges: CryptoBridge and TradeOgre. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

civision civism Civitan civnat civvie civvies