Bible Dictionaries
Civil

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

(2):

(a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; - said of the community.

(3):

(a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; - said of an individual.

(4):

(a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

(5):

(a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

(6):

(a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Civil'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/civil.html. 1828.