realty

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French realité (property, possession). Doublet of reality.

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Usage notes

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  • Pronunciation /ˈɹiləti/ is usually considered incorrect.

Noun

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realty (countable and uncountable, plural realties)

  1. Real estate; a piece of real property; land.
  2. (law) 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.
  3. (obsolete) Reality.
  4. (obsolete) Loyalty; faithfulness; fealty.
    • 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:
      O heaven! That such resemblance of the highest
      Should yet remain, where faith and realty
      Remain not
  5. (obsolete) Royalty.

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