Civility

On Citizenship

• 1. The status of a citizen; citizenship. Obs.
• 2. A community of citizens collectively. Obs.
• 3. Civil or secular lordship or dominion. Obs.
• 4. A civil or secular capacity. Obs.
• 5. Polity, civil organization and government.
• 6. Good polity; orderly state (of a country); social order, as distinct from anarchy and disorder.
• 7. Conformity to the principles of social order, behavior befitting a citizen; good citizenship.
• 8. Civil or secular quality; secularity. Obs.
• 9. Theology. Civil righteousness

On Cultural Sophistication

• 10. ‘The state of being civilized; freedom from barbarity’ (J.)
• 11. Polite or liberal education; training in the ‘humanities’, good breeding; culture, refinement.

b. A branch of ‘humane’ or polite learning, a department of culture.

• 12. Behaviour proper to the intercourse of civilized people; ordinary courtesy or politeness, as opposed to rudeness of behaviour; decent respect, consideration.

b. An act or expression of politeness.

c. to do civility (obs.), to show civility.

d. civility-money that given (to bailiffs, jailers, etc.) in consideration or anticipation of their good-will or good offices; money given as a ‘tip’.

• 13. Decency, seemliness