MAN'NERS, n. plu. Deportment; carriage; behavior; conduct; course of life; in a moral sense. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor.15.1. Ceremonious behavior; civility; decent and respectful deportment. Shall we, in our applications to the great God, take that to be religion, which the common reason of mankind will not allow to be manners?2. A bow or courtesy; as, make your manners; a popular use of the word.
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