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noun

Formality n. (pl. formalities)

1.

The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

2.

Form without substance. "Such (books) as are mere pieces of formality, so that if you look on them, you look though them."

3.

Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality. "Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom, but of conscience."

4.

An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode. "He was installed with all the usual formalities."

5.

pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. (Obs.) "The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover."

6.

That which is formal; the formal part. "It unties the inward knot of marriage,... while it aims to keep fast the outward formality."

7.

The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence. "The material part of the evil came from our father upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the curse, is only by ourselves." "The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God."

8.

(Scholastic. Philos.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.

formalities n. A set of procedures required to make a transaction official.

Synonyms: form, formality.

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"Formalities" Quotes from Famous Books

... and now look upon yourself as a Woman who is about forming a second Contract, being legally, religiously, and honourably discharged from the former. Zeokinizul is equally at Liberty, for the State and Temper of the Queen invalidate their Marriage. So, that only a few Formalities are wanting for your Union with the King, and you know, Formalities among the more understanding Part of the World, are often dispensed with, as tiresome rather than necessary. The Consent of both Parties has always been the only Point insisted ...

— The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans - Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol • Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon

... connecting railroads that McLeod had leased; and, finally, the obtaining of undisputed sovereignty over a great part of the anthracite coal mines. The warfare now began without those fanciful ceremonials, heralds or proclamations considered so necessary by Governments as a prelude to slaughter. These formalities are ...

— Great Fortunes from Railroads • Gustavus Myers

... my sister. "Now I'll break it to you. Subject to the usual formalities, Jill will marry ...

— Jonah and Co. • Dornford Yates

... pot, which had been simmering all through the early spring, boiled over in July of that year. The Legislature was dissolved with all the solemn formalities attendant upon the death of an important public body, and many gentlemen with aspirations for public office or government jobs found that they must forego much of the joy that was offered in the shape of baseball, lacrosse, and rowing fixtures, and get out and ...

— William Adolphus Turnpike • William Banks

... keenness of her interest, he had answered quietly, "Yes, when the owner was going through Paris last week, I found he wanted the money, so—so the house is mine, though none of the legal formalities have yet been complied with. I'm told that the old woman who was caretaker there can make me comfortable enough for the few days I can be away." He added in a different, a lower tone, "Ah! Peggy, ...

— The Uttermost Farthing • Marie Belloc Lowndes

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