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noun

City n. (pl. cities)

A large town.

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. "A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city." "When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law."

The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. "What is the city but the people?"

Synonyms: See Village.

adjective

City adj. Of or pertaining to a city.

City council. See under Council.

City court, The municipal court of a city. (U. S.)

City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'City'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Grant's Cabinet, Attorney-General of the United States. He lives in this town and carries it in his hand. Another is John M. Forbes, a strictly private citizen, of great executive ability, and noblest affections, a motive power and regulator essential to our City, refusing all office, but impossible to spare; and these are men whom to name the voice breaks and the eye is wet. A multitude of young men are growing up here of high promise, and I compare gladly the ...

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... he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. And he ...

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... each to protrude just far enough to act as a tooth. In this way a good gear for light work can be quickly and cheaply constructed. —Contributed by Henry Schaefer, New York City. ...

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