comity of nations
Britishnoun
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Each had made the people of this doubly landlocked country — one of only two, the other being Liechtenstein — of 34 million part of a greater world, a cosmopolis, a comity of nations.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
No such thing being yet in sight, he calmly continued the ordeal which Japan must undergo before she can re-enter the comity of nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally there was a question of leadership in the comity of nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry in 1853 successfully "urged Japan to join the modern comity of nations."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the comity of nations attaches to the nationality of public vessels coming into the ports of a foreign sovereign different considerations from those with which it regards the nationality of private vessels.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss
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