"civic society" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:",
          "text": "The plaque, of light-blue hue (a tone favoured by the Wiltshire market town's civic society), can be found on a nondescript structure just outside the station.",
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        "A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community."
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        "(UK) A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community."
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:",
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        "A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community."
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        "(UK) A voluntary body or society which aims to represent the needs of a local community."
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