Definition of Probities

1. Noun. (plural of probity) ¹

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Definition of Probities

1. probity [n] - See also: probity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Probities

probenecids
prober
probers
probertite
probes
probeset
probesets
probie
probies
probing
probingly
probings
probiotic
probiotics
probit
probities (current term)
probits
probity
problem
problem-oriented language
problem-solve
problem child
problem children
problem solver
problem solving
problem space
problem spaces
problemata
problematic
problematical

Literary usage of Probities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... but that Mr. Buckland is willing to enter M arrangements witli proprietors of peat to put the «"•"'Í into Operationen their probities. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Stricter man, according to his Formula, to his Credo and his Cant, of probities, benevolences, pleasures-of-virtue, and such like, lived not in that age. ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Stricter man, according to his Formula, to his Credo, and his Cant, of probities, benevolences, pleasures-of-virtue, and such like, lived not in that age. ..."

4. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... is not worth all such other probities put together:1 * Office-bearer — the term in common use in Scotland for the possessor of an office. ..."

5. A Wanderer in Paris by Edward Verrall Lucas (1909)
"Stricter man, according to his Formula, to his Credo and his Cant, of probities, benevolences, pleasures-of-virtue, and suchlike, lived not in that age. ..."

6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"... arts, civi reformations and military power, mus possess some abiding internal virtues am probities quite worthy the attention of » republic such as ours ..."

7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"PREPARATIONS and possesses the probities of being pleasant to the taste; easily borne by the stomach, and harmless under prolonged use. ..."

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