(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
Originally depicted a god (礻) of the soil (土). The meaning later shifted to "shrine", "congregation", and "society".
《說文》：“社，地主也。从示、土。《春秋傳》曰：‘共工之子句龍為社神。’《周禮》：‘二十五家為社，各樹其土所宜之木。’，古文社。”
god of soil