Definition of Nobility

1. Noun. A privileged class holding hereditary titles.

Exact synonyms: Aristocracy
Generic synonyms: Elite, Elite Group
Specialized synonyms: Noblesse, Baronage, Peerage, Baronetage, Knighthood, Samurai
Specialized synonyms: Ferdinand And Isabella, William And Mary
Member holonyms: Aristocrat, Blue Blood, Patrician
Derivative terms: Aristocratic, Noble

2. Noun. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
Exact synonyms: Grandeur, Magnanimousness, Nobleness
Generic synonyms: Honorableness, Honourableness
Specialized synonyms: High-mindedness, Idealism, Noble-mindedness, Sublimity
Attributes: Noble, Ignoble
Derivative terms: Magnanimous, Magnanimous, Noble

3. Noun. The state of being of noble birth.
Exact synonyms: Noblesse
Generic synonyms: Position, Status
Specialized synonyms: Purple
Derivative terms: Noble

Definition of Nobility

1. n. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Definition of Nobility

1. Noun. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy. ¹

2. Noun. The quality of being noble. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nobility

1. the social class composed of nobles [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Nobility

1. 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. Origin: L. Nobilitas: cf. OF. Nobilite. See Noble. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobility

nobelium
nobeliums
nobiletin
nobiliary
nobiliary particle
nobilified
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nobilissimus
nobilitate
nobilitated
nobilitating
nobilitation
nobilitations
nobilities
nobility (current term)
noble
noble-minded
noble-mindedness
noble cane
noble eightfold path
noble element
noble gas
noble gases
noble metal
noble metals
noble rot
nobleite
nobleman
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Literary usage of Nobility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Essays by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"XXL nobility.* THE word ' nobility' is one of those words which are constantly misapplied. It is misapplied by way of confusion with things with which ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The nobility and commonalty. — The civil state consists of the nobility and the ... Of the nobility, the peerage of Great Britain, or lords temporal, ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"As to the solidity of his great social experiment, the creation of the nobility, he was under no illusions. In a singularly penetrating way he explained one ..."

4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"Knighthood brought these two classes nearly to a level ; and it is owing perhaps in no small degree to this institution, that the lower nobility saved ..."

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