#body.group a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
supertype: gathering__assemblage a group of persons together in one place
subtype: public a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"
subtype: sector.body a body of people who form part of society or economy; "the public sector"
subtype: business_sector__business business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
subtype: Christendom__Christianity the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history; "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
subtype: Sacred_College (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
subtype: governance__administration__establishment__brass__bras__organisation the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
subtype: top_brass__topbras the most important persons in a governing body
subtype: executive persons who administer the law
instance: Clinton_administration Bush_administration Reagan_administration Carter_administration
subtype: judiciary__bench persons who administer justice
subtype: government_officials__officialdom people elected or appointed to administer a government
subtype: civil_service__civilservice government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
subtype: bureaucracy__bureaucratism nonelective government officials
subtype: Pentagon.bureaucracy__pentagon the United States military establishment
subtype: management_staff__management those in charge of running a business
subtype: corps.body__corp a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps"
subtype: diplomatic_service__diplomatic_corps__corps_diplomatique__corpsdiplomatique the body of diplomatic personnel
subtype: constituency the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
subtype: electoral_college__electoralcollege the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president
subtype: school.body a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"
subtype: Ashcan_School a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
subtype: historical_school a school of 19th C German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms
subtype: college the body of faculty and students of a college
subtype: business_college a school for teaching the clerical aspects of business and commerce
subtype: junior_college a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree
subtype: community_college__communitycollege a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community
subtype: normal_school__teachers_college a two-year school for training elementary teachers
subtype: training_college (Brit) a school providing training for a special field or profession
subtype: university.body the body of faculty and students at a university
subtype: varsity a British abbreviation; usually Oxford and Cambridge Universities
subtype: faculty__staff the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
subtype: colony__settlement a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
subtype: frontier_settlement__outpost a settlement on the frontier of civilization
subtype: proprietary_colony__proprietarycolony a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
instance: Plymouth_Colony New_Netherland
subtype: leaders__leader__leadership the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan"
subtype: Rome the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
subtype: high_command__supreme_headquarters the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
subtype: membership.body__rank the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
subtype: occupational_group__vocation a body of people doing the same kind of work
subtype: profession.occupational_group__community the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"
subtype: legal_profession__legalprofession__bar__legal_community__legalcommunity the body of individuals qualified to practice law
subtype: health_profession the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients
subtype: medical_profession__medicalprofession__medical_community__medicalcommunity the body of individuals who practice medicine
subtype: nursing.health_profession the profession of a nurse
subtype: businessmen__business_community the body of individuals who manage businesses
subtype: community_of_scholars the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees
subtype: economics_profession__economicsprofession the body of professional economists
subtype: priesthood the body of ordained religious practitioners
subtype: ministry.priesthood religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
subtype: rabbinate rabbis collectively
subtype: clergy clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
subtype: pastorate pastors collectively
subtype: prelature__prelacy prelates collectively
subtype: first_estate__firstestate__lords_spiritual__lordsspiritual the first of the three estates of the realm; the clergy in France and the lords spiritual in Britain
subtype: cardinalate cardinals collectively
subtype: opposition a body of people united in opposing something
subtype: inspectorate a body of inspectors
subtype: jury a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
subtype: grand_jury__grandjury a jury to inquire in accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
subtype: hung_jury a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
subtype: petit_jury__petitjury__petty_jury__pettyjury a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
subtype: special_jury__specialjury__blue_ribbon_jury a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
subtype: panel.body a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
subtype: venire__panel (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
subtype: vote.body a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote"
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