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no⋅bil⋅i⋅ar⋅y

[noh-bil-ee-er-ee, -bil-yuh-ree]
–adjective
of or pertaining to the nobility.

Origin:
1720–30; < F nobiliaire. See noble, -ary
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no·bil·i·ar·y   (nō-bĭl'ē-ěr'ē, -bĭl'yə-rē)   
adj.  Of or relating to the nobility.

[French nobiliaire, from Latin nōbilis, noble; see noble.]
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