Definition of nobility

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Nobility (n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

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Ennoble :: Ennoble (v. t.) To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner..
Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..
Noblesse :: Noblesse (n.) The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females..
Commonalty :: Commonalty (n.) The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
Viscount :: Viscount (a.) A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3..
Margrave :: Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis..
Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..
Nobility :: Nobility (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..
Amir :: Amir (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Nobleness :: Nobleness (n.) The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness..
Optimates :: Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares..
Optimate :: Optimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy.
Grandeur :: Grandeur (n.) The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
Estate :: Estate (n.) The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons..
Fidalgo :: Fidalgo (n.) The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain..
Superior :: Superior (a.) Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility..
Peerage :: Peerage (n.) The body of peers; the nobility, collectively..
Ennoblement :: Ennoblement (n.) The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility..
Prince :: Prince (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family..
Patrician :: Patrician (n.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility..
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