Nobility
[nə(ʊ)'bɪlɪtɪ] or [no'bɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.
(noun.) a privileged class holding hereditary titles.
(noun.) the state of being of noble birth.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Grandeur, greatness, dignity, nobleness, elevation, superiority, worthiness, loftiness of character, moral excellence.[2]. Noble birth, patrician dignity, eminence by rank.[3]. Noblesse, aristocracy, peerage, patrician class.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Distinction, dignity, rank, peerage, lordship, loftiness, generosity, rank,aristocracy
ANT:Obscurity, meanness, commonalty, serfdom, paltriness, contemptibleness, plebeianism
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Definition
n. the quality of being noble: high rank: dignity: excellence: greatness of mind or character: antiquity of family: descent from noble ancestors: the persons holding the rank of nobles.—adj. Nobil′iary pertaining to the nobility.—v.t. Nobil′itate to ennoble.—n. Nobilitā′tion.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of associating with the nobility, denotes that your aspirations are not of the right nature, as you prefer show and pleasures to the higher development of the mind. For a young woman to dream of the nobility, foretells that she will choose a lover for his outward appearance, instead of wisely accepting the man of merit for her protector.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A gang of foreign brigands having abducent designs on the American Damsel and the American Dollar.
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Examples
- The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I must do, to live, what others of my countrymen, even with nobility at their backs, may have to do some day--work. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It was, therefore, a different thing in its origins from the nobility of the early Aryans, which was a republican nobility of elders and leading men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many of their dominions were less both in size and value than the larger estates of the British nobility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was something to be done before she left the house: to be done with all the nobility she knew how to put into such gestures. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Early Buddhism was certainly producing noble lives, and it is not only through reason that the latent response to nobility is aroused in our minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sab Than lay dead beside his father, and the corpses of the flower of Zodangan nobility and chivalry covered the floor of the bloody shambles. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The author hopes she has done justice to that nobility, generosity, and humanity, which in many cases characterize individuals at the South. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Why, what had I to fear, I thought, when there was this nobility in the soul of a labouring man's daughter! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mix with the young nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Charles II of England was in his pay, and so were most of the Polish nobility, presently to be described. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shall I bow my head before them, and with servile gesture sell my nobility for life? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Flushed with victory and the sense of freedom fairly won, her people did for a time rise towards nobility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had proposed for Miss Swartz, but had been rejected scornfully by the partisans of that lady, who married her to a young sprig of Scotch nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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