societarian
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈsaɪ.əˈtɛəɹi.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈsaɪ.əˈtɛɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Adjective
societarian (not comparable)
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to society; social.
- 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
- The all-sweeping besom of societarian reformation—your only modern Alcides' club to rid the time of its abuses—is uplift with many-handed sway to extirpate the last fluttering tatters of the bugbear Mendicity from the metropolis.