Civ`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
civilisation.] 1.The act of
civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture;
refinement.
Our manners, our civilization, and all the good
things connected with manners, and with civilization,
have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two
principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of
religion. Burke