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city (2 after Greek ‘polis’, Latin ‘civitas’)
1. “the City” = London 3H6 I. i. 67.
2. self-governing city or state Cor. III. i. 199.
3. fig. = maiden innocence All'sW. I. i. 139, Lucr. 469, Compl. 176.
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