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formalities
(encz) | formalities,formality n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Formalities
(gcide) | Formality \For*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Formalities. [Cf. F.
formalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly
ceremonious, precise, etc.
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2. Form without substance.
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Such [books] as are mere pieces of formality, so
that if you look on them, you look though them.
--Fuller.
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3. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony;
conventionality.
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Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of
formality and custom, but of conscience.
--Atterbury.
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4. An established order; conventional rule of procedure;
usual method; habitual mode.
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He was installed with all the usual formalities.
--C.
Middleton.
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5. pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical,
municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.]
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The doctors attending her in their formalities as
far as Shotover. --Fuller.
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6. That which is formal; the formal part.
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It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
it aims to keep fast the outward formality.
--Milton.
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7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
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The material part of the evil came from our father
upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the
curse, is only by ourselves. --Jer. Taylor.
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The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to
God. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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8. (Scholastic. Philos.) The manner in which a thing is
conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the
result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are
formalities.
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formalities
(gcide) | formalities \formalities\ n.
a set of procedures required to make a transaction official.
Syn: form, formality.
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formalities
(wn) | formalities
n 1: a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality"
[syn: formality, formalities] |
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Formalities
(gcide) | Formality \For*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Formalities. [Cf. F.
formalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly
ceremonious, precise, etc.
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2. Form without substance.
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Such [books] as are mere pieces of formality, so
that if you look on them, you look though them.
--Fuller.
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3. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony;
conventionality.
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Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of
formality and custom, but of conscience.
--Atterbury.
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4. An established order; conventional rule of procedure;
usual method; habitual mode.
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He was installed with all the usual formalities.
--C.
Middleton.
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5. pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical,
municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.]
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The doctors attending her in their formalities as
far as Shotover. --Fuller.
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6. That which is formal; the formal part.
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It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
it aims to keep fast the outward formality.
--Milton.
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7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
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The material part of the evil came from our father
upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the
curse, is only by ourselves. --Jer. Taylor.
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The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to
God. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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8. (Scholastic. Philos.) The manner in which a thing is
conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the
result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are
formalities.
[1913 Webster]formalities \formalities\ n.
a set of procedures required to make a transaction official.
Syn: form, formality.
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Informalities
(gcide) | Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Informalities.
1. The state of being informal; lack of regular, prescribed,
or customary form; as, the informality of legal
proceedings.
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2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or
proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed
form or does not conform to the established rule.
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