5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colony \Col"o*ny\, n.
1. (Bot.) A cell family or group of common origin, mostly of
unicellular organisms, esp. among the lower alg[ae]. They
may adhere in chains or groups, or be held together by a
gelatinous envelope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Colony \Col"o*ny\, n.; pl {Colonies}. [L. colonia, fr colonus
farmer, fr colere to cultivate, dwell: cf F. colonie. Cf
{Culture}.]
1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country
to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to
the jurisdiction of the parent state; as the British
colonies in America.
The first settlers of New England were the best of
Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and
zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony
formed of better materials. --Ames.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
foreign city or land; as the American colony in Paris.
4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or
growing together, beyond their usual range.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
colony
n 1: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties
with their homeland [syn: {settlement}]
2: a group of animals of the same type living together
3: a territorial possession controlled by a ruling state [syn:
{territory}, {dominion}, {territorial dominion}, {province},
{mandate}]
4: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original
states of the United States [syn: {Colony}]
5: (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single
parent cell
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Colony, AL (town, FIPS 16684)
Location: 33.94138 N, 86.90118 W
Population (1990): 298 (106 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Colony, KS (city, FIPS 14950)
Location: 38.07064 N, 95.36216 W
Population (1990): 447 (197 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66015
Colony, OK (town, FIPS 16400)
Location: 35.34765 N, 98.67011 W
Population (1990): 163 (78 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 73021
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Colony
The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i.e., a
military settlement of Roman soldiers and citizens, planted
there to keep in subjection a newly-conquered district. A colony
was Rome in miniature, under Roman municipal law, but governed
by military officers (praetors and lictors), not by proconsuls.
It had an independent internal government, the jus Italicum
i.e., the privileges of Italian citizens.
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