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† realtyn.1Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French realté, realtee. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French realté, reauté kingdom, royal dignity or power (both 12th cent. in Old French; in Anglo-Norman also realtee) < real real adj.1 + -té -ty suffix1. Compare rialty n., royalty n., and also regality n.1 Obsolete. 1. society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] a1375 (c1350) (1867) 5006 (MED) Alle þe clerkes vnder god couþe nouȝt descriue..þe realte of þat day. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. 2063 Oure king hath do this thing amis So to abesse his realte. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 335 Kynghod ne knyȝthod..Helpeþ nouȝt to heueneward..ne reaute of lordes. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 134 Now will I speke of sum of þe principall iles of Prestre Iohn land, and of þe realtee of his state. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 151 (MED) Moche is to dyspice the heynysse of the worlde, the realte of the Emperie, and þe honoure of richesse. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) viii. l. 7027 [She] prayid hym [sc. the King] off his realte [a1500 Nero ryolte], Off lauche that scho mycht serwyd be. 1625 T. Jackson xxviii. 279 The Romish Church in her publicke Liturgie, doth often giue the realtie of Christs soveraigne titles, sometimes the very titles themselues vnto Saints. 1694 J. Tyrrell xii. 875 There have been great doubts and suspitions of the Realty of this Prince of Wales. society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty 1400 in F. C. Hingeston (1860) I. 23 (MED) Likit yhour Realte to wit that I am gretly wrangit be the Duc of Rothesay. 2. Chiefly Scottish. society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 117 [Nabugodonosor] regnede in Babilon ten ȝere. He putte moche more to his fader realte [a1425 Harl. 1900 rialte; ?a1475 anon. tr. regaly; L. regalibus]. 1440 J. Capgrave (1977) l. 3587 The realte of Rome be many a myle Was augmented be him. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) i. 593 Thidder somownys he in hy The barownys of his reawte. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Royal) viii. 62 Na thare consent,..Prejwdycyale suld [noucht] be Till off Scotland the realte. 1625 S. Purchas I. ix. xxii. 1537 In the Realtie of Manica grow little Trees on the tops of Hills and Rocks. society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction of or areas under specific authorities > [noun] > jurisdiction granted by king > area subject to > a particular 1438 in (2007) 1438/12/1 Vyth help and supple of the lordis of the realteys geyff neyd be. 1517–18 in R. K. Hannay (1932) 111 Als wele of regaliteis as realteis. 1553 in J. B. Paul (1913) X. 210 Gentillmen..baith to burgh and lande, regalite and realte, to meit my lorde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). realtyn.2Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: real adj.2, -ty suffix1; French realté. Etymology: Probably partly < real adj.2 + -ty suffix1, and partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French realté, realtie real property, right to land (14th cent.), fact, actuality (15th cent.) < real real adj.2 + -té -ty suffix1. Compare reality n. 1. the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality (Harl. 221) 424 Realte, realitas. a1556 T. Cranmer (1580) ii. 286 As really and in deede the change is in the substance of bread as in the soule of man, both these changes be meruaylous, and both be in the truth of there change, wherunto they be changed of like truth and realty. 1627 W. Sclater (1629) 99 The man [leads into Error] through realty, or opinion of learning, or sanctity, or both. 1644 J. Maxwell 47 He is King of kings..truly so, kings upon earth are onely such..more in resemblance, than realtie. 1689 A. Behn sig. A4 'Tis not Translation but an Original, that has more of realty then fiction. 1713 S. Parker tr. St. Athanasius I. i. 75 There cannot be that Physical Realty and Truth which belongs only to the Divine Nature, where there is any Principle or Possibilty of Change and Alteration. 1795 N. Perkins iii. 77 To pretend to any light or guide superior in us, is to renounce it, in truth or in realty. 1955 4 182/1 There is..little reason to doubt the realty of appreciable phenotypic variation among populations. 2002 M. J. Sirgy xi. 168 We have to be ready to change our goals to reflect the realty of our changing circumstances. the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > a reality or a real thing or state of things the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > reality > as actually existing > instance of 1616 J. Cotta vi. 36 By the way of answere vnto the former doubt, concerning Pythagoras his supposed realty of being at once in two places, wee haue hitherto onely digressed. 1647 H. More i. ii. xii We may see The nearly couching of each Realtie. 1716 T. Allen 280 These are not Shadows, but Realties. 1797 H. A. Freeman tr. L. S. Mercier xxviii. 134 His dreams are now become realties. 1858 J. A. James Introd. v The past dispensations of Providence have made him familiar with the realties of bereavement. 1944 31 31/2 We listen to the highly emotional music progressions, and forget about the realties of life. 2003 B. S. Godfrey et al. 196 Lodge's fictional depiction of the ‘modern conference’ is somewhat divorced from the actual realties of international conference attendance. 2. society > law > legal right > [noun] the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > a piece of 1567 R. Horne in T. Stapleton (135. Diuision. pag 81. b.) iii. xxx. f. 340 A great many complaintes were put vp vnto the king by his nobles and officers, againste the Clergies vsurpation,..making synodall Decrees, and statutes, in medling with realties. 1618 J. Wilkinson ii. f. 120v If any man hath fished, hawked, or hunted within this Lordship..you must present them, for they are ye Lords Realties. 1639 G. Chapman & J. Shirley i. sig. B2v And that Kings doe no hazard infinitely In their free realties of rights and honours Where they leave much for favourites powers to order. the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property 1616 J. Selden Notes R. de Hengham in R. Mulcaster tr. J. Fortescue 159 The law in the yeer books is cleer, that to any reall actions or sauoring of the realty, auncien demesne is a good plea. a1683 W. Scroggs (1714) 109 In Action of Debt which concerns the Realty. 1706 (new ed.) (at cited word) In a Law-sense, Reality or Realty is oppos'd to Personalty. 1766 W. Blackstone II. xxiv. 385 Our courts now regard a man's personalty in a light nearly, if not quite, equal to his realty. 1861 C. H. Pearson 186 The realty of a man who died intestate, was divided equally among his sons. 1888 A. Randall-Diehl 175 Realty~man, a dealer in real estate. 1908 E. Wharton 135 I chanced on a record of the transaction in the realty column of the morning paper. 1947 E. Hodgins iii. 45 As a grizzled veteran of realty values, he would discuss his one time innocence with the real estate man. 1972 J. Gores (1973) xiv. 100 The tract home had been rented from the realty office by phone. 1998 16 Oct. (Property Times section) 1/1 The way property prices took over and zoomed upwards in the last two decades..has left realty dealers worldwide gasping. 2020 (Nexis) 17 Dec. Royal LePage released data earlier this month on recreational property prices across Canada. The realty firm found [etc.]. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] 1619 in S. R. Gardiner (1865) 1st Ser. 170 He tould the Ambassador that he needed not doubt of his realty in observing such capitulations. ?1645 W. Penn Let. in G. Penn (1833) I. i. 146 The manifestation of my realty in the public service. 1663 56 He uttered divers asseverations in confirmation of the realty of his intentions, and earnest desire of the Honour in making me his Wife. 1667 J. Milton vi. 115 That such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain, where faith and realtie Remain not. View more context for this quotation 1706 S. Daniell in I. 176/1 The King, to shew the Realty of his Intentions..caused the Earls Warren and Ferrers, with John Fitz-Jeffrey, to be sworn his Counsellors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1375n.21440 |