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† ˈgentlery Obs. rare.
Also 3 genteleri, 5 gentlore, 7 gentilrie.
[f. gentle a. + -ry.]
a. = gentlehood, gentleship.
b. = gentry.
a1275Prov. ælfred 708 in O.E. Misc. 138 Þuru þis lore and genteleri, he amendit huge companie. c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 35 Heroun rostyd..Þat a knyȝt is called for gentlore. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xiv. vi. 13 The Nobilitie and Gentilrie.
attrib.c1460Towneley Myst. xiii. 18 We ar so hamyd..We ar mayde hand tamyd, with thyse gentlery men. |