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See also:COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie) , See also:manners or behaviour that suit a See also:court, politeness, due See also:consideration for others . A See also:special application of the word is in the expression " by See also:courtesy," where something is granted out of favour and not of right, hence " courtesy " titles, i.e. those titles of See also:rank which are given by See also:custom to the eldest sons of See also:dukes, marquesses and earls, usually the second See also:title held by the See also:father; to the younger sons and to the daughters of dukes and marquesses, viz. the prefix " See also:lord " and " See also:lady " with the See also:Christian and surname . For " See also:tenure by the courtesy" see See also:CURTESY . Another See also:form of the word, " curtsey " or " curtsy," was See also:early confined to the expression of courtesy or respect by a gesture or See also: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 . |
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