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Definition of Noble-minded
1. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"
Similar to: Noble
Derivative terms: Grandness, High-mindedness, Idealism, Noble-mindedness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noble-minded
Literary usage of Noble-minded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... up to the high standard of Colonel Newcome or Esmond, but he is, in his way,
as real, and even more unconsciously and gently noble-minded than they. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"... and by this won their glorious victories ; and their crystallization in the
heart of a noble-minded prophet and reformer was in each case preceded by a ..."
3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"Such was the fate of the mortal part of the noble-minded, the high-souled monarch,
James IV. of Scotland. He was in the forty-first year of his age, ..."
4. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... of the protestant ladies near her majesty's bed before he was carried into
the inner chamber. One of these was the noble-minded ane virtuous Susanna, ..."
5. Luther in Light of Recent Research by Heinrich Boehmer, William Koepchen (1916)
"... that the Reformation was so successful in Germany. This noble-minded prince
came at the close of his life to a fuller insight of the Gospel. ..."
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