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Definition of Portance
1. n. See Port, carriage, demeanor.
Definition of Portance
1. Noun. (obsolete) The manner in which one carries oneself; personal carriage; bearing; deportment; mien. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Portance
1. demeanor [n -S] - See also: demeanor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portance
Literary usage of Portance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He studied civil law under his father at Padua and Bologna, and in due course
married and had a family portance of peace between the Emperor Charles V and ..."
2. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"He was heavily handi- portance. i • i '''' • It is one of the penalties, late
but heavy, of an attempt to take a kingdom (even one not of Heaven) by storm ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"... say> results of its own and an ini- portance °f 'ts own which distinguish it
from every other Danish colony in Gaul. But it is well to bear in mind ..."
4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"... its excep- had, 1 need hardly say, results ot its own and an im- portance of
its own which distinguish it from every other Danish colony in Gaul. ..."
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