punctilio

• In Fiji, as in all other countries, this punctilio is nothing but the direct result of ceaseless effort on the part of the upper classes to distinguish themselves from the lower. —  The Gypsies
• Still, you were in as much danger as I was of being the victim of an idea and a punctilio: and you have taken the only course to save you from it. —  Gryll Grange
• I regret that I gave in to the punctilio: but I would not part with the idea. —  Gryll Grange
• Besides which, the fashion in articles of institutional equipage so set by the authentic pioneers of culture has also come to be mandatory, as a punctilio of the governmental proprieties; so that no national establishment which aspires to a decorous appearance in the eyes of the civilised world can longer afford to be seen without them. —  An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
• The national honor is a matter of punctilio, always; and out of the formal exigencies of the national honor arise grievances to be redressed; and it is grievances of this character that commonly afford the formal ground of a breach of the peace. —  An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation

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