amenities, civility, courtliness, dignities, elegancies, gentilities, graces, natural politeness, politesse, punctilio, rituals, social conduct, social usage
Definitionn. a requirement of etiquette or custom
Last update: September 22, 2015
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On the 26th of June 1657 he was once more installed as Protector, this time, however, with regal ceremony in contrast with the simple formalities observed on the first occasion, the heralds proclaiming his accession in the same manner as that of the kings. [Please select]
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The rest of the afternoon was consumed with formalities. [Please select]
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But as for my duties here, inquiries and all such formalities. [Please select]
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The formalities are very simple. [Please select]
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There are few preliminaries and no formalities when the Person with a Story is found. [Please select]
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There were some stupid formalities--at last I got it. [Please select]
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Anscombe and Heda were married at Maritzburg as soon as the necessary formalities had been completed. [Please select]
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Who but the American holds in scorn custom's formalities and usages. [Please select]
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"It were better to dispense then with any formalities and ask Lu-don to sentence me." [Please select]
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The formalities were at last at an end and the feast began. [Please select]
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We often observe matters of dress and exterior appearance through mirrors, and we soon make the necessary alterations to put our bodies in harmony with existing formalities. [Please select]
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