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   nobility

   /nə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being noble in character: "a man of nobility and learning" Similar virtuegoodnesshonourhonestydecencyintegritymagnanimitygenerosityselflessnessbravery
   • 2. the quality of belonging to the aristocracy: "after 1722 nobility was only acquired by service in the army or bureaucracy"
   • ▪ the group of people belonging to the highest social class in a country; the aristocracy: "a member of the English nobility" Similar aristocracyaristocratslordsladiespeeragepeerspeers of the realmpeeressesnoblesnoblemennoblewomentitled men/women/peoplemembers of the aristocracy/nobility/peeragepatriciansinformal:aristosnobs

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French nobilite or Latin nobilitas, from nobilis ‘noted, high-born’ (see noble).

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   What does nobility mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! NOBILITY definition: 1. honesty, courage, and kindness: 2. the people of the highest social rank in a society…. Learn more.

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   What is a noble person?

   • 1. 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: "The old English nobility of office made way for the Norman nobility of faith and landed wealth" (Winston S. Churchill). 2.

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   What is a noble class?

   • Nobility refers to a privileged class of people — often receiving hereditary titles — also called the aristocracy. You know the type. They hang around manors and castles, or curry favor at court. In the United states, there is no official class system, so there is no official noble class, or nobility.

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   What is the nobility of its language?

   • In light of present-day reality, the nobility of its language might seem archaic, false, and dead. It was a way they used to differentiate between the dogs of the nobility and the dogs belonging to ordinary people. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   NOBILITY definition: 1. honesty, courage, and kindness: 2. the people of the highest social rank in a society…. Learn more.

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   • Nobility in Spanish

     NOBILITY translate: nobleza, nobleza [feminine, singular]....

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     NOBILITY translate: noblesse [feminine], noblesse, noblesse....

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   The meaning of NOBILITY is the quality or state of being noble in character, quality, or rank. How to use nobility in a sentence.

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   Nobility can mean honesty, courage, and kindness (moral nobility) or the people of the highest social rank in a society (high rank nobility). Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and its usage with examples from various sources.

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   Nobility refers to a privileged class of people — often receiving hereditary titles — also called the aristocracy. You know the type. They hang around manors and castles, or curry favor at court.

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   a socially or politically privileged class whose titles are conferred by descent or by royal decree. the state or quality of being morally or spiritually good; dignity. the nobility of his mind.

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   Nobility can mean a high social class with titles, or a noble character and behaviour. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of nobility with examples and translations.

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   Nobility is a class of persons with high birth or rank, or the quality of being exalted in character. Learn the different types of nobility, such as peerage, baronage, and knighthood, and their translations in Spanish and other languages.