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Humanité, -itie, n. Also: -itee, -etee, -ytie, hum(m)anyte. [ME. humanytee (1382), -itee, -ité, e.m.E. -itie, -ity, F. humanité, L. hūmānitas.]

1. Human nature or form. 1456 Hay I. 20/35.
The carnal will of humanitee Ib. II. 18/29.
God … send his sone … to tak in him our humanitee c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 75/25.
Nocht trowand … in the faith of his diuinite and humanite 1528 Lynd. Dreme 547.
Than we beheld the blyste humanitie Off Christe c1552 Lynd. Mon. 467.
God … cled his heych diuynitie With our pure vyle humanytie 1562-3 Winȝet II. 40/2.
Gif the diuinitie and humanitie is … ane and the samin Christe

2. Conduct appropriate to human beings, esp. kindness, kindliness, generous treatment. To do humanité to, to treat kindly. c1420 Wynt. vii. 173.
Owre kyng gert thame ressayvyd be, And dyd thame gret humanyté 1456 Hay I. 162/30.
Do thame humanetee, gentris, and curtaisy a1500 Henr. III. 22/533.
Quhat lord is ȝone … , Hes done to vs so greit humanitie? 1515 Acta Conc. MS. XXVII. 71.
To schew to the queyn … all the humaniteis he can 1535 Stewart 24223.
Tha Saxonis full of crudelitie, … without humanitie 1562-3 Winȝet I. 54/25.
In … writingis void of all humanitie and compatience 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 33.
Thair is na sic humanitie in thair nature nor pitie in thair hartis a1578 Pitsc. II. 141/23.
Thair come ane ambassadour … quho desyrit hwmanitie at thair handis 1596 Dalr. I. 72/13.
Contrare his ennemies al humanitie and gentilnes that he culde, he vset

3. The study of the classical languages and literature, in the Scottish universities esp. of Latin. 1564 Acts II. 544/1.
The toungis and humanitie ar in ane part not teicheit … to the greit detriment of the haill liegis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 6.
The ordinary expensis of the College of humanitie Ib. 12.
Na man salbe admittit … to the philosophie that has nocht passit be the first or second classe of humanite 1597 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 206.
Three thowsand pundis … for the intertenement … of ane regent of humanity 1619 Garden Elphinston 2021.
Ane learned in humanitie Into the Latine towng 1640 Edinb. Test. LIX. 252 b.
Fourtie aucht volumes of humanitie and historie buikis in Latine 1690 Foulis Acc. Bk. 117.
To Mr Drumond, Sandies regent, for humanitie for Sandieattrib. 1656 Edinb. B. Rec. IX. 16.
The Counsell hath had some motiouns made unto them anent the humanitie classe 1689 Foulis Acc. Bk. 116.
To Mr Laurence Dundas to give the janitor when Sandie entered to the humanitie class