egalityn.
Obsolete.
= equality n. (in 14th cent. with sense ‘equanimity’). Re-formed as a nonce-word by Tennyson, to convey the modern associations connected with the French word.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
evenheadc1440
equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]
comparison1340
evennessa1398
evenhead?a1400
equipollencec1430
pareil?c1450
equalityc1460
comparation1483
egalness1526
equalness1530
equivalency1535
eveningc1540
equivalencea1542
indifferency1569
owelty1579
coequality1583
mateship1593
equal1596
adequation1605
parity1609
parility1610
matchableness1611
equipollency1623
equiparance1624
egality1628
equipage1633
comparitya1635
omniparity1635
peership1641
exequation1656
equipoise1658
equipotency1658
countervalue1660
adequateness1664
commensurablenessa1676
peerage1681
égalité1794
peerdom1891
society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > equality of birth or station
paragea1393
equalitya1525
egalness1526
equalness1530
egality1864
classlessness1917
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iv. 42 Al fortune is blisful to a man by þe agreablete or by þe egalite of hym þat suffreþ it.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋875 She is as thise martirs in egalitee.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 170 a A rent may be granted for egality of partition.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 65 That cursed France with her egalities!
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