† maintienn.
Obsolete.
Bearing, deportment.
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i-bereOE
i-letelOE
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demeaning14..
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1814 R. Wilson Diary 8 July (1861) II. 394 The sculptor has justly made the intrepid maintien of the hero as he steps down to his grave the principal feature of his allegory.
1849 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 4 Oct. (1954) I. 313 Those happy souls..who do really effect much good, simply by their calm and even maintien.
1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 1 Mar. 2/3 Josabeth had the maintien of the French stage in a degree that would have enraptured Spectator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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