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ETIQUETTES
Noun
etiquettes
plural of etiquette
Source: Wiktionary
ETIQUETTE
Et"i*quette`, n. Etym: [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF.estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See Stick, and cf. Ticket.]
Definition: The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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21 September 2024
CONFORMITY
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards; “their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices”
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