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friendly society

Summary

friendly society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • friendly society is a type of benefit society[2].
  • friendly society's Commons category is recorded as Friendly societies[3].
  • friendly society's topic's main category is recorded as Q8880092[4].
  • friendly society's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[5].
  • friendly society's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok, 1st edition[6].
  • friendly society's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • friendly society's different from is recorded as Benevolent Society[8].

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Definition and Type

friendly society is a type of benefit society[2].

Why It Matters

friendly society ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Benevolent Society
    Topic's main category → Q8880092
    Subclass of → benefit society
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20051, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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