Courtly Definition

Courtly Sentence Examples

• Still he was a cultured and courtly prince, who could win popularity.

• Bentley, who was a handsome, courtly man, attended largely to the London sales.

• The courtly were the feasts held at the creation, giving of robes, arms, spurs and the like.

• His courtly manners and his eloquence here also caused him to become very popular, but he again met with strong opposition from the Roman Church.

• The latter, about the time of Elizabeth's succession, expressed his hope that the bishops would become pastors, labourers and watchmen; and that the great riches of bishoprics would be diminished and reduced to mediocrity; that, being delivered from courtly and regal pomp, the bishops might take care of the flock of Christ.