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Gentility

I had a conversation with a friend and brother in the Lord about kindness. We talked about it in terms of what it is and did we find people, God's people, being kind. I think we fail at kindness. I think there should be a gentility about God's people that should be more apparent. Gentility isn't a word that is often used so I looked it up here: http://www.answers.com/topic/gentility. Thesaurus: gentility noun Well-mannered behavior toward others: civility , courteousness , courtesy , genteelness , mannerliness , politeness , politesse . See courtesy/discourtesy . People of the highest social level: aristocracy , blue blood , crème de la crème, elite , flower , gentry , nobility , patriciate , quality , society , upper class , who's who . Informal upper crust . See over/under . Could it be that because we don't care for the second set of synonyms we have abandoned the term and employing its meaning, carelessly discarding the first set? When I was giving...