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Nobility - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Nobility : (noun)
1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: aristocracy]
2: the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or
conduct [syn: magnanimousness, grandeur]
3: the state of being of noble birth [syn: noblesse]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Nobility : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Nobility |
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CrazyCaoimhe: Leper-kissing became fashionable among medieval ascetics and religious Nobility during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.<-leper kissing? |
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alexeiv: Theme of Jill Sander's 2nd Uniqlo collection is "iconic simplicity" "natural Nobility" & "clarity and lightness." Whatever. Must fly to HK. |
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dracinabox: @secretia I think he was the Laird. Rubbing shoulders with Nobility I was ;-) |
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