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
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
Thus were re-established, through the action of the Church, the old frontiers of the Celtic tribes, adopted by the Roman "civitates," long after the disappearance of the Celts and the fall of Rome.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts
These, of course, were connected, in degrees more or less close, with the different curtes regiae, and with the placita held in the various civitates commonly about three times in the year.
From The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development Of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. by William Klapp Williams
The Greek and Roman world was made up, in the last analysis, of an aggregation of civitates, or city states.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
