(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:38

De*voir" (?), n. [F., fr. L. debere to owe. See Due.]

Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies.

"Do now your devoid, young knights!"

Chaucer.

 

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