court etiquette
Royal behavior standards
Court etiquette is the formal code of behavior expected in the presence of royalty or within royal households.
It governs how to address monarchs, when to bow or curtsy, who may speak first, and the proper way to enter or leave a room.
The term extends to any setting with rigid social protocols: The office had its own court etiquette around the CEO.
- curtsyingFormal feminine bow
- bowingBending forward in deference
- bow and scrapeExcessively humble behavior
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- decorumFitting social conduct
proper form · protocol · order of precedence · dress code · queen consort · lady in waiting · formal address · procession · chamberlain · investiture · precedence · titles · ceremonial robes · grand entrance · throne room · kowtow · levee · chivalry
- etiquette guidestable manners, diplomatic protocol, military protocol, guest policy
- medieval courtkings, lord, queens, lady, queen
- princely courtsthrone room, courtiers, royal advisors, nobles, ladies-in-waiting
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- Royal Courtscaliph, courtier, vizier, courtiers, throne room
- Imperial ChinaHan dynasty, emperor, dynasties, emperors, Three Kingdoms
court etiquetteinformality
Relaxed, unofficial tone
familiarity · casualness · common courtesy · nonchalance · unceremoniousness
court etiquetteboorishness
Crude, uncouth conduct
crudeness · rudeness · vulgarity · coarseness · incivility