To serve in a civility.
Latimer.
3. Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
Chesterfield.
The sweet civilities of life.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Urbanity; affability; complaisance.
Civ"i*li`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being civilized.
Civ`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion.
Burke