a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time |
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts | the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements |
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement | a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated |
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations | |
the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | |