civilities

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In fact, nobody could deny that in clothes the Squire was all consequence; and when he loomed into 'Court,' all over the steel chain, believe it, there were bows and servilities without stint.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy

May I be hanged if we should not see them fall upon our neck more often than we wished, if it was not for those servilities with which most men, now-a-days, continually spoil them.

From The Love-Tiff by Molière

Now, as the weaknesses and servilities of men arise most frequently from their desire for superfluities, the true man must absolutely get rid of any such desire.

From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)

Therewith Colonel Boyce was as full of apologies as he had been of servilities.

From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)

Fulke Greville furnishes another instance of a respectable character strangely disguised by the affectations and servilities of a courtier of this "Queen of Faery."

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy