Besides, the Church is, before all else, a society.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Betty, after that, went out into the streets, to see how things were, to meet other people, to find Tommy, to escape her own society.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
I go but little into society!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever