civitas
noun
the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
civitates
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pluralof civitas.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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When the legions departed, the neatly defined "civitates" quickly frayed as rivalries resurfaced.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2014
The bulk of British local government must have been carried on through Roman municipalities, through imperial estates, and still more through tribal civitates using a Romanized constitution.
From The Romanization of Roman Britain by F. (Francis) Haverfield
On the occupation of Gaul the Gallic states and tribes were called civitates by the Romans, 401 and subsequently the name was confined to the chief towns of the various administrative districts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
Utica became a Roman colony under Hadrian, and the civitates liberae, municipia, castella, pagi and turres were peopled with Latins.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Perhaps this was not entirely an innovation, for it appears that at the end of the Roman supremacy certain civitates had already a comes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
