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Webster 1913 Edition


Procerity

Pro-cer′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
proceritas
.]
Height of stature; tallness.
[R.]
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Procerity

PROCER'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. proceritas, from procerus, tall.]
Tallness; highth of stature. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


procerity

procerity

English

Noun

procerity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) tallness, height
    • 1756, Samuel Johnson, Memoires of Frederick III, &c.:
      . . . when he met with a tall woman he immediately commanded one of his Titanian retinue to marry her that they might propagate procerity.