English

Noun

humilitude ‎(plural humilitudes)

1. (rare, obsolete) Humility.^[1]
   • c. 1586, Sir Henry Sydney, "A Letter from Sir Henry Sydney to his Son Sir Philip Sydney" (reprinted in The Orthodox Churchman's Magazine, 1805, vol. 9, p. 361):

     [S]hew much humility, and some familiarity. . . . for high humilitudes take such deep root in the minds of the multitude (who are more easily won by unprofitable courtesies, than curious benefits) that I advise thee not to affect nor neglect popularities.

   • 1702, Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana (1855 Silas Andrus edition), p. 127:

     [W]hereto with a sagacious humilitude he consented.

   • 1817, Alicia M'Gennis, Strathbogie; or, The Recluse of Glenmorris, p. 180:

     The attending spirits that waited the voice of justice fell prostrate down, but Robin, as by superior force impelled, raised his awe-inspired eyes in deep humilitude to the centre of this bright concave.

   • 1915, Credo Fitch Harris, Sunlight Patch, ch. 23:

     "[H]enceforth I shall come into your exalted presence with bare-headed humilitude."

References

1. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.