S: (n) arrangement, organization, organisation, system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying) "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
S: (n) structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations) "his lectures have no structure"
S: (n) arrangement, organization, organisation, system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying) "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
S: (n) form, shape, pattern (a perceptual structure) "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
S: (n) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering 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"
S: (n) body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity) "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"
S: (n) public (a body of people sharing some common interest) "the reading public"
S: (n) Christendom, Christianity (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)) "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
S: (n) church (the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church) "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
S: (n) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering 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"
S: (n) corps (a body of people associated together) "diplomatic corps"
S: (n) constituency (the body of voters who elect a representative for their area)
S: (n) electoral college (the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president)
S: (n) school (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers) "the Venetian school of painting"
S: (n) college (the body of faculty and students of a college)
S: (n) university (the body of faculty and students at a university)
S: (n) staff, faculty (the body of teachers and administrators at a school) "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
S: (n) representation (a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency) "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"
S: (n) 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) "the American colony in Paris"
S: (n) ulema, ulama (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)
S: (n) leadership, leaders (the body of people who lead a group) "the national leadership adopted his plan"
S: (n) militia (the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service) "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution
S: (n) membership, 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"
S: (n) organization, organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business) "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
S: (n) organization, organisation, system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized) "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
S: (n) organization, organisation (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically) "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
S: (n) constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation (the act of forming or establishing something) "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"