#892.  Sociality. —­ N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c. adj.;
social intercourse; consociation[obs3]; intercourse, intercommunity[obs3]; consortship[obs3], companionship, comradeship; clubbism[obs3]; esprit de corps.
     conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity,
savoir vivre[Fr], festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup|!; hospitality, heartiness; cheer.
     welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm
reception; urbanity &c. (courtesy) 894; familiarity.
     good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant[Fr], bawcock[obs3].
     social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie,
society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c. (assemblage) 72; barbecue [U.  S.], bee; corn-husking [U.  S.], corn-shucking [U.  S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U.  S.]; infare[obs3].
     party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione[It],
soiree, matine; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carre[Fr], dish of tea, ridotto[obs3], rout|!; housewarming; ball, festival &c; smoker, smoker-party;sociable [U.S.], stag party, hen party, tamasha|!; tea-party, tea-fight*. (amusement) 840; “the feast of reason and the flow of soul” [Pope].
      birthday party[parties for specific occasions], Christmas party, New
Year’s Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner; bonenkai[Japan]; wedding reception.
     visiting; round of visits; call, morning call; interview &c.
(conversation) 588; assignation; tryst, trysting place; appointment.
     club &c. (association) 712. 
     V. be sociable &c. adj.; know; be acquainted &c. adj.; associate with,
sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with &c. (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize, embrace.
     be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with; make
free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.]. visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one’s quarters.
     entertain; give a party &c. n.; be at home, see one’s friends, hang
out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception &c. n. to kill the fatted calf. 
     Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable[obs3], cosy,
cosey[obs3], chatty,, conversational; homiletical.
     convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable.
     welcome, welcome as the roses in May; fted, entertained.
     free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms,
acquainted.
     social, neighborly; international; gregarious. 
     Adv. en famille[Fr],