Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An associate; a member or fellow, as of a sodality, an academy, or an institution of learning.
- noun The individual, in his social qualities and relations, as the unit of society, in distinction from the individual as an animal or as a mind.
- noun In social psychol., the social self. See the extract.
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Examples
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The socius was the first again to break the silence, and he said to Father d'Aigrigny, with his usual cool impudence.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 05 Eug��ne Sue 1830
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The socius was the first again to break the silence, and he said to Father d'Aigrigny, with his usual cool impudence.
The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830
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On the appointed day, the preacher with his "socius" is taken to the Vatican in a pontifical carriage, and enters the throne-room; when notified by the master of ceremonies, he draws near the bussola, takes off his mantle, asks the pope's blessing, and ascends the pulpit.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Cum autem simul communicari et inungi aliquam oportuerit. soror aliqua crucem portet. et frater socius sacram deferat unccionem: et primo fiat communio. deinde inunccio. et in isto casu semper remaneat conuentus in infirmaria usque ad complectionem officii.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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The thermal significance of the nest of the Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius): summer observations.
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These include the camelthorn tree, gemsbok (Oryx gazella), sociable weaver (Philetairus socius), and Kalahari lion (Panthera leo).
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The body of the despot as imperial socius means that workers are the
Gilles Deleuze Smith, Daniel 2008
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Nota quod arnicas bonus et dilectus socius, narrationibus suis jucundis superat omneni melodiam.
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After all, Antonius married a daughter to a socius, Pythodorus of Tralles.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Indignant merchants of wealth who had only a socius standing were evicted from their mansions; luckily, Ephesus was a big emporium and provided Antony with enough residences to accommodate this huge influx of important men and their families.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
qms commented on the word socius
A good judge's solemn obligation
Is blindness to erstwhile association.
No matter how close he be
To his former socii
He rules indifferent to affiliation.
March 11, 2017