Courtliness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Courtliness \Court"li*ness\ (-l?-n?s), n. [From {Courtly}.]
     The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  courtliness
       n : elegance suggestive of a royal court

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "courtliness":
     amenities, augustness, chivalrousness, chivalry, civilities,
     civility, comity, convention, courtly politeness, decencies,
     decorum, dignifiedness, dignity, diplomatic code, elegance,
     elegancies, etiquette, exquisite manners, formalities, gallantness,
     gallantry, good form, good manners, grandeur, gravity, kingliness,
     knightliness, loftiness, lordliness, majesty, manners, mores,
     natural politeness, nobility, noblesse oblige, point of etiquette,
     politeness, politesse, pride of bearing, pride of place,
     princeliness, proprieties, protocol, proud bearing, punctilio,
     quiet good manners, regality, rules of conduct, sedateness,
     sobriety, social code, social conduct, social graces,
     social procedures, social usage, solemnity, stateliness,
     venerability, worthiness