nobility
Origin of nobility
1Other words from nobility
- non·no·bil·i·ty, noun
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How to use nobility in a sentence
The insufficiency of merely setting nobilities down on paper is finished.
Carry On | Coningsby DawsonOur Styrian nobility is not what it was; no, the nobilities will soon have to go too.
The Last Miracle | M. P. ShielMen were rediscovering themselves, their own forgotten nobilities, the latent nobilities in all men.
The Glory of the Trenches | Coningsby DawsonWhat am I to say for your kindness in holding a torch of this kind (perfumed for the 'nobilities') between the wind and my poems?
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThere was a reigning king present—a tall, elderly man with a long white beard—half the nobilities of Europe were represented.
Chance in Chains | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
British Dictionary definitions for nobility
/ (nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ) /
a socially or politically privileged class whose titles are conferred by descent or by royal decree
the state or quality of being morally or spiritually good; dignity: the nobility of his mind
(in the British Isles) the class of people holding the titles of dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, or barons and their feminine equivalents collectively; peerage
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