Search Result for "citizenship":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. the status of a citizen with rights and duties;
2. conduct as a citizen;
- Example: "award for good citizenship"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Citizenship \Cit"i*zen*ship\, n. The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. [1913 Webster]Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Citizenship the rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). Under the Mosaic law non-Israelites, with the exception of the Moabites and the Ammonites and others mentioned in Deut. 23:1-3, were admitted to the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Ex. 12:19; Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15; Deut. 10:18; 14:29; 16:10, 14). The right of citizenship under the Roman government was granted by the emperor to individuals, and sometimes to provinces, as a favour or as a recompense for services rendered to the state, or for a sum of money (Acts 22:28). This "freedom" secured privileges equal to those enjoyed by natives of Rome. Among the most notable of these was the provision that a man could not be bound or imprisoned without a formal trial (Acts 22:25, 26), or scourged (16:37). All Roman citizens had the right of appeal to Caesar (25:11).
