civitas

[siv-i-tas, kee-wi-tahs]

noun

plural

civitates 

1. the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.

2. citizenship, especially as imparting shared responsibility, a common purpose, and sense of community.

Word History and Origins

Origin of civitas¹

From Latin cīvitās; literally, “commmunity of citizens, citizenship,” equivalent to cīvis “citizen, fellow citizen” + -tās -ty ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mr. Reinsch is the editor of Civitas Outlook, a publication of the Civitas Institute at the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Travel Association, in partnership with consulting firm Civitas, found the average lodging levy to be 15.22%.

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Joel Kotkin is a contributing writer to Opinion, the presidential fellow for urban futures at Chapman University and senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas, Austin.

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Under the terms of the transactions, Civitas has agreed to purchase a portion of Tap Rock Resources' Delaware Basin assets and all of Hibernia Energy III's Midland Basin assets.

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Reuters was the first to report that Civitas was in advanced talks with NGP to buy the Permian Basin-focused assets.

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