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• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)  , See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners or behaviour that suit a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, politeness, due See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration for others . A See also:

• SPECIAL

special application of the word is in the expression " by See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy," where something is granted out of favour and not of right, hence " courtesy " titles, i.e. those titles of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank which are given by See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom to the eldest sons of See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes, marquesses and earls, usually the second See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title held by the See also:

• FATHER

father; to the younger sons and to the daughters of dukes and marquesses, viz. the prefix " See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord " and " See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady " with the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian and surname . For " See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure by the courtesy" see See also:

• CURTESY (a variant of " courtesy," q.v.)

CURTESY . Another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the word, " curtsey " or " curtsy," was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early confined to the expression of courtesy or respect by a gesture or See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, now only of the reverence made by a woman, consisting in a bending of the knees accompanied by a lowering of the See also:

• BODY

body .