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friendly societies

friendly societies is the plural of friendly society.

Meaning of friendly society

Noun

friendly society (plural friendly societies)

  1. Any of various early types of life insurance or mutual support associations.
    • At a lower social level the eighteenth century saw the launching of pioneer insurance schemes by industrial firms for their employees and the proliferation of working-class friendly societies.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 635
    Synonyms:
    benefit society

Questions about friendly societies

What is friendly societies the plural of?
Friendly societies is the plural of friendly society.

Words near friendly societies in the dictionary

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