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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The property or funds belonging to a nation; public property.

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Examples

  • From the latter or the 'nationalty' springs the church establishment.

    The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Leslie Stephen 1868

  • Henry viii. would have surpassed Alfred if he had directed the 'nationalty' to its true purposes; that is, especially to the maintenance of universities, of a parochial clergy, and of schools in every parish.

    The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Leslie Stephen 1868

  • O, that our clergy did but know and see that their tithes and glebes belong to them as officers and functionaries of the nationalty, -- as clerks, and not exclusively as theologians, and not at all as ministers of the Gospel; -- but that they are likewise ministers of the Church of

    The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820

  • O! if Archbishop Williams had but seen in a clear point of view what he indistinctly aims at, -- the essential distinction between the nationalty and its trustees and holders, and the Christian Church and its ministers.

    The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820

  • Certainly, if the religion of the majority of the _people_ be innocuous to the interests of the _nation_, the majority have a natural right to be trustees of the nationalty -- that property which is set apart for the nation's use, and rescued from the gripe of private hands.

    Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

  • While some foreigners were believed among the dead, a senior police official said it was difficult to confirm their identity and nationalty as their faces were charred beyond recognition.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • While some foreigners were believed among the dead, a senior police official said it was difficult to confirm their identity and nationalty as their faces were charred beyond recognition.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • While some foreigners were believed among the dead, a senior police official said it was difficult to confirm their identity and nationalty as their faces were charred beyond recognition.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • While some foreigners were believed among the dead, a senior police official said it was difficult to confirm their identity and nationalty as their faces were charred beyond recognition.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • My nationalty Pakistani and working here Abu Dhabi i want go to Italy how can i apply visa for italy?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

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