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for⋅mal⋅i⋅ty
[fawr-mal-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality. |
| 2. | rigorously methodical character. |
| 3. | strict adherence to established rules and procedures; rigidity. |
| 4. | observance of form or ceremony. |
| 5. | marked or excessive ceremoniousness. |
| 6. | an established order or method of proceeding: the formalities of judicial process. |
| 7. | a formal act or observance. |
| 8. | something done merely or mainly for form's sake; a requirement of custom or etiquette: the formality of a thank-you note. |
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Formality
For*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Formalities. [Cf. F. formalit['e].]1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc. 2. Form without substance. Such [books] as are mere pieces of formality, so that if you look on them, you look though them. --Fuller. 3. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality. Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience. --Atterbury. 4. An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode. He was installed with all the usual formalities. --C. Middleton. 5. pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.] The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. --Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while it aims to keep fast the outward formality. --Milton. 7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence. 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. The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 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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Language Translation for : formality
Spanish:
formalidad,
German:
die Formalität,
Japanese:
形式的行為
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