Nobility

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  • noun. A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses.
  • noun. Noble rank or status.
  • noun. The state or quality of being exalted in character.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being noble; nobleness; dignity of mind; that elevation of soul which comprehends bravery, generosity, magnanimity, intrepidity, and contempt of everything that dishonors character; loftiness of tone; greatness; grandeur.
  • noun. Social or political preëminence, usually accompanied by special hereditary privileges, founded on hereditary succession or descent; eminence or dignity derived by inheritance from illustrious ancestors, or specially conferred by sovereign authority.
  • noun. A body of persons enjoying the privileges of nobility.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
  • noun. The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.
  • noun. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
  • noun. The quality of being noble.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  • noun. the state of being of noble birth
  • noun. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
    • Word Usage
    ""All my boyhood and youth I thought of the word nobility and what it meant," he wrote."
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    dignity  generosity  grandeur  
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    ability  acceptability  adaptability  admissibility  affordability  
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    aristocracy  baron  chivalry  clergy  dignity  
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    Babylonian splendor  FFVs  aedileship  ancienne noblesse  archbishopric  
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