plural comities
Definition of comity
1a
: friendly social atmosphere : social harmony
group activities promoting comity bipartisan comity in the Senate
b
: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions
the comity of civilization
c
: comity of nations
trans-Atlantic comity
d
: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another
2
: avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination
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The first known use of comity was in 1543
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