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Civil Describe Things Connected People State Religion Married

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You use c____ to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion .You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion .
They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
...Jewish civil and religious law.
word civil
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You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
...civil unrest.
You use civil to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces.
...the U.S. civil aviation industry.
You use civil to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion .
They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
...Jewish civil and religious law.
You use civil to describe the rights that people have within a society .
...a United Nations covenant on civil and political rights.
Someone who is civil is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly .
As visitors, the least we can do is be civil to the people in their own land.
The man nodded civilly to Sharpe, then consulted a notebook.
...civility to underlings.
inflections civillycivility
cefr-level B2

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