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▪ I. † ˈrealty1 Obs.
Forms: 4–5 realte, (4 -tee, reaulte), 7 realty, -tie; 4 reiate, reaute, Sc. reawte, (rewate).
[a. OF. reauté, realté:—pop.L. *rēgālitāt-em regality: see also rialty and royalty.]
1. Royalty; royal state, dignity, or power.
c1350Will. Palerne 5006 Alle þe clerkes vnder god couþe nouȝt descriue..þe realte of þat day. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 335 Kynghod ne knyȝthod..Helpeþ nouȝt to heueneward..ne reaute of lordes. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxx. 134 Now will I speke of sum of þe principall iles of Prestre Iohn land, and of þe realtee of his state.
b. Used as a title.
1400in Royal & Hist. Lett. Hen. IV (Rolls) 23 Likit yhour Realte to wit that I am gretly wrangit be the Duc of Rothesay.
2. Sc.
a. A kingdom, realm.
1375Barbour Bruce i. 593 Thiddir somownys he in hy The barownys of his reawte. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. i. 62 Na thare consent,..Prejwdycyale suld [noucht] be Till off Scotland the realté.
b. A town or district under the immediate jurisdiction of the king; a regality.
1438Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) 32 Vyth help and supple of the lordis of the realteys geyff neyd be.
▪ II. realty2|ˈriːəltɪ|
Also 5 realte, 7 -tie.
[f. real a.2 + -ty.]
†1.
a. Reality. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 424/2 Realte, realitas. 1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 99 The man [leads into Error] through realty, or opinion of learning, or sanctity, or both. 1644Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings 47 He is King of kings..truly so, kings upon earth are onely such..more in resemblance, than realtie.
†b. A reality, a real thing. Obs.—1
1647H. More Song of Soul i. ii. xii, We may see The nearly couching of each Realtie.
†2. Sincerity, honesty. Obs. rare.
1619in Eng. & Germ. (Camden) 170 He tould the Ambassador that he needed not doubt of his realty in observing such capitulations. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 115 That such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain, where faith and realtie Remain not.
†3. A real possession; a right. Obs. rare.
1618J. Wilkinson Of Courts Baron 120 b, If any man hath fished, hawked, or hunted within this Lordship..you must present them, for they are the Lords Realties. 1635Chapman & Shirley Chabot i. ii, That kings do no [? read not] hazard infinitely In their free realties of rights and honours Where they leave much for favorites' powers to order!
4. Law. Real property or estate. (real a.2 6 c.) Also attrib.
1670Blount Law Dict., Realty, is an abstract of real, and distinguished from Personalty. a1683Scroggs Courtsleet (1714) 109 In Action of Debt which concerns the Realty. 1766Blackstone Comm. II. xxiv. 385 Our courts now regard a man's personalty in a light nearly, if not quite, equal to his realty. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 186 The realty of a man who died intestate, was divided equally among his sons. 1888A. Randall-Diehl Two Thousand Words 175 Realty⁓man, a dealer in real estate. 1908E. Wharton Hermit & Wild Woman 135, I chanced on a record of the transaction in the realty column of the morning paper. 1934E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xi. 48 Beecher's church organized by realty agents. 1947E. Hodgins Mr Blandings iii. 45 As a grizzled veteran of realty values, he would discuss his one time innocence with the real estate man. 1963C. D. Simak They walked like Men viii. 47 People were storming realty offices in a mad attempt to find a place to live. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 51 (Advt.), Lawyer to manage litigation, realty transactions by property development corporation. 1972J. Gores Dead Skip (1973) xiv. 100 The tract home had been rented from the realty office by phone. 1975New Yorker 1 Sept. 20/3 The realty company that is the agent for U.S. Steel gave us thirty days to get out. |