courtiery
English
Noun
courtiery (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The manners of a courtier; courtliness.
- 1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp
- Little of the nicety, In the sprucer courtiery; As the rosary of kisses
- 1603, Ben Jonson, The Entertainment at Althorp
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for courtiery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)