gentility

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GENTIL'ITY, noun 1. Politeness of manners; easy, graceful behavior; the manners of well bred people; genteelness. 2. Good extraction; dignity of birth. 3. Gracefulness of mien. 4. Gentry. [Not in use.] 5. Paganism; heathenism. [Not in use.]
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