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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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— The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete • Archbishop Wake

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— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

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— The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth • Lewis H. Berens

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