realty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɪəlti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹiəlti/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle French realité (“property, possession”). Doublet of reality.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Real estate; a piece of real property; land.
- (countable, uncountable) The property that goes to the heirs of the deceased, as distinguished from the personalty, which goes to the executor or administrator of the estate.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Reality.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Loyalty; faithfulness; fealty.
O heaven! That such resemblance of the highest Should yet remain, where faith and realty Remain not
1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Royalty.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| realties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |