civil
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
civil/ˈsɪvl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to ordinary citizens, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
- 2 Law non-criminal: a civil court.
- 3 courteous and polite.
- 4 (of time measurement) fixed by custom or law, not natural or astronomical.
– derivatives
civilly adverb.
civilly adverb.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. civilis, from civis ‘citizen’.
'civil' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ab
- ACLU
- Adar
- airport
- antebellum
- assize
- attainder
- bailiff
- benefit
- Beth Din
- black nationalism
- CAA
- CAB
- caliph
- captain
- carpetbagger
- cavalier
- CD
- CE
- Citizens' Advice Bureau
- civil commotion
- civil defence
- civil disobedience
- civil engineer
- civilian
- civil law
- civil liberty
- Civil List
- civil marriage
- civil partnership
- civil rights
- civil servant
- civil service
- civil union
- civil war
- civil wrong
- coloured
- common law
- commotion
- complaint
- county court
- Court of Session
- Coventry
- crop-eared
- CS
- DCL
- Elul
- fascine
- federal
