Gentlehood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gentlehood is a noun meaning The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.
Meaning
The state of being of good or gentle birth; good breeding.
Example Sentences
When we allowed gentlehood to be destroyed, gentle manners, honour, dignity, and such old virtues went too.
There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiæ^([sic]) have been supplied to him. He grieved bitterly over his own ill doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gentrice, gentlemanhood, gentleship, generosity, gentle-heartedness, gentlewomanhood.
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