trustiness
Example Sentences
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By reason of his trustiness he was often set over the husbandmen at Lunenkerc at the time of our exile, and also at home, that is, at Mount St. Agnes.
From The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes by J. P. Arthur
—And in the Resurrectio Pilate rewards the gaoler for his trustiness with the Cornish manors of 'Fekenal, Carvenow and Merthyn,' and promises the soldiers by the Sepulchre 'the plain of Dansotha and Barrow Heath.'
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The very courage and trustiness of Fontenelle bore this stamp of discreet moderation.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
"As I told you, sir," said my friend, "I will pledge myself for his trustiness and probity."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
Wolsey had not time to answer before embarking, but as Sir Thomas had vouched for the messenger’s ability and trustiness, he had bidden Ambrose come into his barge, and receive his instructions.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Charlotte Mary Yonge
