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veniˈality ? Obs.
[f. venial a.1 + -ity; cf. Sp. venialidad, Pg. venialidade.]
a. The property or quality of being venial.
b. A matter of favour or grace.
1628Bp. Hall Serm. Westm. 54 They palliate wickednesse with the faire pretence of Venialitie. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 138 The Flemish Busses..were soon reduced..to intreat the favour of fishing by his Majesties commission: a veniality the king was most ready to indulge them. |