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† ˈgrandity Obs.
[ad. L. granditās, f. grandis: see grand and -ity. OF. had grandité.]
Grandeur, stateliness. Also, an attribute or mark of greatness.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. (Arb.) 302 And in a Prince it is decent to goe slowly, and to march with leysure, and with a certaine granditie rather than grauitie. 1605Camden Rem., Poems 1 Our Poets..excell in granditie and grauity. 1689T. Plunket Char. Gd. Commander 34 Inheritor..of his ample territories and other grandities. 1839J. Rogers Antipopopr. x. ii. 252 Beings so unequal in dignity and grandity. |