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gentilité (1284)
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gentilité (1284)

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  FEW:  gentilis 4,110b Gdf:  gentilité 4,264a GdfC: ∅ TL: gentilleté 4,279 DEAF:  gentil (gentilleté) G551 DMF:  gentillité  TLF: ∅ OED:  gentility n.  MED:  gentilete n.  DMLBS:  gentilitas 1066c

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(of character) nobility: 
( 1284 )  pur la quele chose le evesque de Wincestre prie nostre seygnour le roy [...] pur l’onneur de Dyeu et pur sa gentilité e pur l’onneur de seynte Eglise  PONTISSARA 684-85

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gentil 
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gentilité