"City" in its spiritual and figurative meaning is the "Church," the Gathering of people of true understanding and fulfillment of God's Will, His Commandments.

"City" is also a symbol of a religious, political, economic, some ideological system, organization in a certain historical period.

 "City" - from the word "horodit", "enclose", "surround", "embrace" i.e. human activity always "horodit" - creates a certain ideological system, which is separate from other religious, political, philosophical and other systems, which is "enclosed" by its own doctrines and dogmas, "surrounded" by various methods and forms that ensure its existence and which "embrace" all strata of society.

"City" is also like a "Fenced Place," a "Fortress," a "Fortification," a "Fence," i.e., any system of views to which one holds and which is for him a "Fortress," a "Fenced Place," in which he feels sure of his rightness, "fortifying" himself with arguments that soothe his conscience.

Negative Meaning.

"The City" is a political, economic, religious community of people united by a single sinful worldview and way of life.

"City" is an image of a sinful society, a people who have chosen to assert themselves on the basis of a material, carnal way of life.