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Nobility Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Nobility? [n] the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct [n] a privileged class holding hereditary titles [n] the state of being of noble birth Synonyms \| Synonyms for Nobility: aristocracy \| grandeur \| magnanimousness \| noblesse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Nobility: aedileship \| ancienne noblesse \| archbishopric \| archiepiscopacy \| archiepiscopate \| aristocracy \| assured probity \| augustness \| authority \| Babylonian splendor \| baronage \| baronetage \| barons \| bigheartedness \| bigness \| birth \| bishopric \| blamelessness \| blue blood \| brilliance \| chairmanship \| chancellery \| chancellorate \| chancellorship \| character \| chiefery \| chiefry \| chieftaincy \| chieftainry \| chieftainship \| chivalrousness \| chivalry \| class \| cleanness \| consequence \| conspicuousness \| consulate \| consulship \| courtliness \| cream \| deanery \| decency \| dictatorship \| dictature \| dignifiedness \| dignity \| directorship \| distinction \| elaborateness \| elect \| elegance \| elevation \| elite \| eminence \| emirate \| episcopacy \| erectness \| errantry \| establishment \| estimableness \| ethics \| exaltation \| excellence \| fairness \| fame \| FFVs \| generosity \| generousness \| glory \| good character \| goodness \| gorgeousness \| governorship \| grandeur \| grandiosity \| grandness \| gravity \| great heart \| greatheartedness \| greatness \| greatness of heart \| haut monde \| headship \| hegemony \| heroism \| hierarchy \| high ideals \| high life \| high mightiness \| high principles \| high society \| high-mindedness \| honesty \| honor \| honorableness \| idealism \| illustriousness \| immaculacy \| importance \| imposingness \| impressiveness \| influence \| integrity \| irreproachability \| irreproachableness \| justice \| justness \| kingliness \| knightage \| knight-errantry \| knightliness \| largeheartedness \| lavishness \| leadership \| liberality \| liberalness \| loftiness \| lordliness \| lords of creation \| lordship \| luxuriousness \| luxury \| magistracy \| magistrateship \| magistrature \| magnanimity \| magnanimousness \| magnificence \| majesty \| mark \| masterdom \| mastership \| mastery \| mayoralty \| mayorship \| metropolitanate \| metropolitanship \| moral excellence \| moral strength \| noble-mindedness \| nobleness \| noblesse \| noblesse de robe \| notability \| note \| old nobility \| openhandedness \| outstandingness \| overlapping \| papacy \| pashadom \| pashalic \| patriarchate \| patriarchy \| peerage \| plushness \| pontificality \| pontificate \| popedom \| popehood \| popeship \| poshness \| position \| power elite \| power structure \| prefectship \| prefecture \| premiership \| presidency \| presidentship \| prestige \| pride of bearing \| pride of place \| primacy \| prime-ministership \| prime-ministry \| princedom \| princeliness \| princeship \| principality \| principles \| probity \| proconsulate \| proconsulship \| prominence \| protectorate \| protectorship \| proud bearing \| proudness \| provostry \| provostship \| pureness \| purity \| rank \| rectitude \| rectorate \| rectorship \| regality \| regency \| regentship \| renown \| reputability \| respectability \| resplendence \| righteousness \| ritziness \| royalty \| ruling circles \| ruling class \| sedateness \| seigniory \| seneschalship \| seneschalsy \| sheikhdom \| sheriffalty \| sheriffcy \| sheriffdom \| shrievalty \| significance \| sobriety \| solemnity \| splendidness \| splendiferousness \| splendor \| stainlessness \| state \| stateliness \| sublimity \| sumptuousness \| supereminence \| supervisorship \| suzerainship \| suzerainty \| the best \| the best people \| the brass \| the classes \| the Establishment \| the Four Hundred \| top people \| tribunate \| unimpeachability \| unimpeachableness \| unspottedness \| upper class \| upper classes \| upper crust \| upper ten \| upper ten thousand \| uppercut \| uprightness \| upstandingness \| venerability \| virtue \| virtuousness \| vizierate \| viziership \| worthiness See Also \| aristocrat \| baronage \| blue blood \| elite \| Ferdinand and Isabella \| high-mindedness \| honorableness \| honourableness \| idealism \| knighthood \| lords temporal \| noble-mindedness \| noblesse \| patrician \| peerage \| position \| purple \| samurai \| second estate \| status \| sublimity \| the sublime \| William and Mary Nobility In Webster's Dictionary \Nobil"ity\, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit['e]. See {Noble}.] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. --Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden. 2. 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. I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. --Dryden. 3. Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

Nobility Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nobility?

[n] the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct
[n] a privileged class holding hereditary titles
[n] the state of being of noble birth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nobility: aristocracy | grandeur | magnanimousness | noblesse

Nobility In Webster's Dictionary

\No*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit['e].
See {Noble}.]
1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind
   or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

         Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her
         courage prevailed over it.            --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

         They thought it great their sovereign to control,
         And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden.

2. 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.

         I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to
         nobility of blood and titles, in the story of
         Sigismunda.                           --Dryden.

3. Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or
   titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician
   class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

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