1. relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal: "a meeting of civic and business leaders"
▪ relating to the duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area:"he was active in the civic life of Swindon"
Word Originmid 16th century: from French civique or Latin civicus, from civis ‘citizen’. The original use was in civic garland, crown, etc., translating Latin corona civica, denoting a garland of oak leaves and acorns given in ancient Rome to a person who saved a fellow citizen's life.
