Though Trade Association belonged to new-typed business guild organizations, it still remained some characteristics of old-typed guilds.

同业公会也是如此，它虽属近代新型工商同业组织，但也保留着某些旧式行会的特色。

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Carpenters who are members of trade guilds recognize the scribing tradition as having a symbolic and initiatory meaning that remains a secret.

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The decree said the government should pull out from matters that can be self-regulated by trade guilds and market mechanism, said the editorials.

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Humanist writers and philosophers of the era touted the prosperous Florentine Republic, with its ruling signoria council and trade guilds, as heir to the ideal classical civilizations of Athens and Rome, spurring civic pride.

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