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Definition of Courtliness
1. Noun. Elegance suggestive of a royal court.
Definition of Courtliness
1. n. The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.
Definition of Courtliness
1. Noun. The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Courtliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtliness
Literary usage of Courtliness
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)
"This governor made him Court painter busy, both as artist and diplomatist, for
which his courtliness and sweetness of manner particularly fitted him. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Sir Lancelot of the Lake, Galahad, Bedivere, Merlin, Guinevere, Arthur himself,
etc., duly appear; and amidst all the fun and pathos, the courtliness, ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... of noblemen and gentlemen, by his courtliness and breeding ; of knight«, by
his honourable deportment and pregnancy of \vit ; of the rich, ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1880)
"Now ' courtliness' may mean either of two quite different things. ... Without some
measure of this courtliness it would have been wholly impossible to do ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1880)
"Now ' courtliness' may mean either of two quite different things. ... Without some
measure of this courtliness it would have been wholly impossible to do ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"courtliness or elegance of manners; politeness; civility; ... Courtier-like ;
characterized by courtliness. civility; make a courtesy: now said only of ..."
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