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  • n  a sense of propriety and consideration for others

  • In the Depression year of 1932, a politically prudent concern for seemliness prompted Congress to slash its salaries 10%.
  • New York's Bishop insists upon seemliness and order in his diocese.
  • There are disputes over the seemliness of clerical protest vigils and sit-ins.

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