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/ˈpɹuː.dɒ.mi/ · noun
(rare, now historical) Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty..
Shall I say thus much by the way? That I see a certaine image of bookish or scholastical preud'hommie onely, which is in a maner in use amongst us, held and reputed in greater esteeme than it deserveth, and which is but a servant unto precepts, brought under by hope, and constrained by fear?
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Prudhommie means (rare, now historical) Character typical of a prudhomme; trustworthiness, loyalty..
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Shall I say thus much by the way? That I see a certaine image of bookish or scholastical preud'hommie onely, which is in a maner in use amongst us, held and reputed in greater esteeme than it deserveth, and which is but a servant unto precepts, brought under by hope, and constrained by fear?
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