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Victorian Courtly Codes and Customs
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  • 1. Roster dictating social call order and timing
  • 2. Deep respect shown in deferential gestures
  • 6. Attendant ensuring ceremonial poise for the bride
  • 9. Submission to social hierarchy in manner and speech
  • 12. Gesture conveying profound respect, often a bow
  • 13. Delicate dish metaphorically linked to genteel politeness
  • 16. A graceful feminine salutation bending the knee
  • 17. Hidden measure of courtesy in Victorian eye contact
  • 19. Practice of attentively managing one’s decorum
Down
  • 3. Intellectual social gathering emphasizing wit
  • 4. Small note heralding a formal social visit
  • 5. Heraldic shield representing family status at entrances
  • 7. Superficial acts masking true social sentiment
  • 8. Scrupulous attention to ceremonial detail
  • 10. Prescribed formalities governing aristocratic interaction
  • 11. Guardian supervising unmarried women's propriety
  • 14. Elegant footwork in dance symbolizing social finesse
  • 15. Formal gentleman’s jacket for daytime affairs
  • 18. Timetable or calendar guiding social appointments
  • 20. Equanimity marking refined deportment

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