26 September 2014
comity
[kom-i-tee]
noun, plural comities.
1. mutual courtesy; civility.
2. Also called comity of nations. courtesy between nations, as in respect shown by one country for the laws, judicial decisions, and institutions of another.
Origin
Latin
1535-1545; < Latin cōmitās, equivalent to cōm (is) affable + -itās -ity
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Examples from the web for comity
– Electronic communication between them has yet to catch up with the new spirit of comity.
– Ideological comity clearly outweighs intellectual integrity here.
– Each episode in this elaborate dance has been designed to advance transatlantic comity a step.
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Today’s aphorism
The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn’t matter how others see you.
– Wendy Mass, Every Soul A Star.
On this day
26 September 1181 – birth of St Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and founder of the men’s Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St Clare and the Third Order of St Francis. Although these are all Catholic Orders, he was never ordained as a Catholic priest. Died 3 October 1226.
26 September 1774 – birth of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), American environmentalist. Appleseed was a nurseryman who introduced significant numbers of apple trees to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and Illinois. His legend grew while he was still alive because of his generous nature, care for animals and the environment, and respect he had for the American Indian tribes who believed he’d been touched by the ‘Great Spirit’ because of his love and admiration for them and the gospel message he preached. Born 26 September 1774. Died 11 March 1845. The exact date of Appleseed’s death is in dispute, with some sources claiming 18 March 1845 and others as ‘Summer 1845′. 11 March is celebrated in the USA as ‘Johnny Appleseed Day’.
26 September 1888 – birth of Thomas Stearns Eliot (T.S. Eliot), poet, playwright, publisher, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, described as ‘arguably the most important English language poet of the 20th century’. Wrote ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‘, ‘The Waste Land‘, ‘Ash Wednesday‘, ‘The Hollow Men‘. Died 4 January 1965.
26 September 1902 – death of Levi Strauss, German-born, American clothing manufacturer. Most notable for Levi jeans. Born 26 February 1829.
26 September 1907 – New Zealand declares independence from Great Britain.
26 September 1960 – Fidel Castro delivers the longest speech in U.N. history, at 4 hours, 29 minutes.
26 September 1983 – Australia wins the America’s Cup yacht race; the first nation to take the cup off America in 132 years.
26 September 1997 – the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi (in Assisi, Italy) partially collapses after an earthquake strikes the region.