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Formality Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Formality? [n] compliance with formal rules [n] a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies [n] a requirement of etiquette or custom Synonyms \| Synonyms for Formality: formalities \| formalness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Formality: act \| baccalaureate service \| bienseance \| bill \| bylaw \| canon \| celebration \| ceremonial \| ceremony \| circumstance \| civility \| code \| commencement \| conformity \| convenance \| convention \| conventional usage \| conventionalism \| conventionality \| convocation \| correctness \| criterion \| custom \| decency \| decorousness \| decorum \| decree \| demureness \| dictate \| dictation \| duty \| earnestness \| edict \| elegance \| empty formality \| enactment \| etiquette \| euphemism \| euphuism \| exactness \| exercise \| exercises \| exquisiteness \| form \| form of worship \| formal \| formalism \| formula \| formulary \| function \| good form \| goody-goodness \| goody-goodyism \| graduation \| graduation exercises \| gravity \| grimness \| guideline \| heraldry \| holy rite \| inaugural \| inauguration \| inflexibility \| initiation \| institution \| jus \| law \| law of nature \| legislation \| lex \| liturgy \| long face \| maxim \| measure \| mode of worship \| mummery \| mystery \| norm \| norma \| observance \| office \| order of nature \| order of worship \| ordinance \| ordonnance \| overniceness \| overpreciseness \| overrefinement \| pedantry \| performance \| politesse \| pomp \| practice \| preciosity \| preciousness \| precisianism \| precision \| prescribed form \| prescript \| prescription \| pride \| principle \| procedure \| Procrustean law \| propriety \| protocol \| punctilio \| purism \| regulation \| religious ceremony \| rigidity \| rite \| rite de passage \| rite of passage \| ritual \| ritual observance \| rituality \| rubric \| rule \| ruling \| sacrament \| sacramental \| sedateness \| seemliness \| seriousness \| service \| set form \| sober-mindedness \| soberness \| sobersidedness \| sobersides \| sobriety \| social convention \| social usage \| solemnity \| solemnization \| solemnness \| somberness \| staidness \| standard \| standing order \| state \| statute \| stiffness \| straight face \| strictness \| thoughtfulness \| universal law \| weightiness \| wont See Also \| abidance \| ceremonial \| ceremonial occasion \| ceremoniousness \| ceremony \| civility \| compliance \| conformation \| conformity \| manner \| observance \| personal manner \| politeness \| stateliness Formality In Webster's Dictionary \Formal"ity\, 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.

Formality Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Formality?

[n] compliance with formal rules
[n] a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
[n] a requirement of etiquette or custom

Synonyms | Synonyms for Formality: formalities | formalness

Formality In Webster's Dictionary

\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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