civic society

English

Noun

civic society (plural civic societies)

  1. (UK) A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community.
    • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:
      The plaque, of light-blue hue (a tone favoured by the Wiltshire market town's civic society), can be found on a nondescript structure just outside the station.
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