entity
noun
[ ˈɛntɪti ]
• a thing with distinct and independent existence.
• "Church and empire were fused in a single entity"
Similar:
organization,
institution,
establishment,
body,
operation,
structure,
system,
unit,
whole,
set-up,
outfit,
Origin:
late 15th century (denoting a thing's existence): from French entité or medieval Latin entitas, from late Latin ens, ent- ‘being’ (from esse ‘be’).
