adjective

1. of a citizen or citizens civil rights
2. of a community of citizens, their government, or their interrelations civil service, civil war
3. cultured; civilized
4. polite or courteous, esp. in a merely formal way
5. of citizens in procedures or matters that are not military or religious civil marriage
6. designating legally recognized divisions of time a civil year
7. of or according to Roman civil law or modern civil law
8. Law relating to the private rights of individuals and to legal actions involving these

Etymology: OFr < L civilis < civis: see home