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Definition of Nobility

1. Noun. A privileged class holding hereditary titles.

2. Noun. The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.

3. Noun. The state of being of noble birth.

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 nobilify nobilifying 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 noblemen

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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