Antedating of "Societal"

[Fred Shapiro]

societal (OED 1898)

1890 _Belford's Magazine_ May (American Periodical Series)  Now these are
all matters and acts of original and inalienable right, inherent in the
people themselves, in their societal and political form and capacity.

Fred Shapiro


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