CITY
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Cit"y (sĭt"ӗ), n.; pl. Cities (sĭt"ĭz). [OE. cite, F. cité, fr. L. civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. h&ī;wan, pl., members of a family, servants, h&ī;red family, G. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.] 1. A large town.
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2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.
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A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city.
Blackstone
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When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law.
Palfrey
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3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. “What is the city but the people?” Shak.
Syn. -- See Village.
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Cit"y, a. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak.
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City council. See under Council. -- City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] -- City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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