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• “he joined a golf club“
• “they formed a small lunch society“
• “men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today“

Synonyms

• club unite with a common purpose; gather and spend time together; strike with a club or a bludgeon ; gather into a club-like mass; a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together; a formal association of people with similar interests; stout stick that is larger at one end; a building that is occupied by a social club; golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball ; a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
• social club a formal association of people with similar interests
• guild a formal association of people with similar interests
• gild decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold ; a formal association of people with similar interests
• lodge be a lodger; put, fix, force, or implant; file a formal charge against; provide housing for; English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) ; a formal association of people with similar interests; small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter ; any of various Native American dwellings ; a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
• order give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; make a request for something; issue commands or orders for ; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; bring order to or into; place in a certain order; appoint to a clerical posts; arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; assign a rank or rating to; (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; established customary state (especially of society); logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; a condition of regular or proper arrangement; a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; a formal association of people with similar interests; a body of rules followed by an assembly ; (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; a group of person living under a religious rule; (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families ; a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans ; the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• “he missed their company“
• “he enjoyed the society of his friends“

Synonyms

• company be a companion to somebody ; an institution created to conduct business; small military unit; the state of being with someone; organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); a social or business visitor; a social gathering of guests or companions; a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; crew of a ship including the officers; a unit of firefighters including their equipment
• companionship the state of being with someone
• fellowship an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; the state of being with someone; money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

Synonyms

• high society the fashionable elite
• beau monde the fashionable elite
• smart set the fashionable elite
• bon ton the fashionable elite