Obs. [ad. OF. curialité, med.L. cūriālitās, from cūriālis CURIAL.]
a. What pertains to a court. b. Courtliness. c. = COURTESY 3 and 4.
a. 1626. Bacon, Advice to Sir G. Villiers (R.). I come to the last of those things which I propounded, which is, the Court and Curiality.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter i. 2. Either through curiosity or curiality, Christian Salutations are thought gross.
1641. Heylin, Help to Hist., 305. [The title of Earl Marshall] was only given them then by the courtesie or curiality of England.
1671. F. Philipps, Reg. Necess., 426. The said Earl … was not stiled the Kings Cousin … a Curiality, with which the more antient and less Frenchified times were unacquainted.
1861. W. Bell, Dict. Law Scot., Courtesy or Curiality.
