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courtliness

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The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement. Source: Internet

It was a favorite instrument of Louis XIV and acquired associations of both courtliness and "Frenchness" (in contrast to the Italianate violin). Source: Internet

Social class and convention Bors ' Dilemma – he chooses to save a maiden rather than his brother Lionel The upper class or nobility, represented chiefly by the Knight and his Squire, was in Chaucer's time steeped in a culture of chivalry and courtliness. Source: Internet

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