stateliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stateliness
    n 1: an elaborate manner of doing something; "she served coffee
         with great stateliness"
    2: impressiveness in scale or proportion [syn: {stateliness},
       {majesty}, {loftiness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stateliness \State"li*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being stately.
   [1913 Webster]

         For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a
         horse?                                   --Dr. H. More.
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