Obs. rare. [ad. L. cīvitās, It. cività: see CITY.] = CITY.
1577. Stanyhurst, Descr. Irel., 9 (Halliw.). An ancient civitie. Ibid. (1586), II. 11. All the civities and burroughs in Ireland have been wholly Englished and with English conquerors inhabited.
