Definition of Ciil
Civ"il (?), a. [L. civilis,
fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See City.]
1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a
citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state;
within the city or state.
2. Subject to government; reduced to
order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the
community.
England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but
even the other day since England grew civil.
Spenser.
3. Performing the duties of a citizen;
obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
Civil men come nearer the saints of God
than others; they come within a step or two of heaven.
Preston
4. Having the manners of one dwelling in
a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite;
courteous; complaisant; affable.
&fist; "A civil man now is one observant of slight
external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and
man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties
and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his
relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'"
Trench
5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs,
in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official
state.
6. Relating to rights and remedies sought
by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
Civil action, an action to enforce the
rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a
criminal proceeding. -- Civil
architecture, the architecture which is employed in
constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in
distinction from military and naval architecture, as private
houses, palaces, churches, etc. -- Civil
death. (Law.) See under Death. -
- Civil engineering. See under
Engineering. -- Civil law. See
under Law. -- Civil list. See
under List. -- Civil remedy
(Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as
opposed to a criminal prosecution. -- Civil
service, all service rendered to and paid for by
the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or
military affairs. -- Civil service reform,
the substitution of business principles and methods for the
spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the
matter of appointments to office. -- Civil
state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not
included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical
states. -- Civil suit. Same as
Civil action. -- Civil war. See
under War. -- Civil year. See
under Year.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
- being reasonable or polite.
It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
Swedish
- civil
- artig
- hövlig
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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