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Noblesse oblige
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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noblesse oblige [(noh-bles oh-bleezh)]The belief that the wealthy and privileged are obliged to help those less fortunate. From French, meaning “nobility obligates.”
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