nobility

no·bil·i·ty  (n-bl-t)

n. pl. no·bil·i·ties

1. A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses: "The old English nobility of office made way for the Norman nobility of faith and landed wealth" (Winston S. Churchill).

2. Noble rank or status: Congress may not grant titles of nobility.

3. The state or quality of being exalted in character.

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[Middle English nobilite, the quality of being noble, from Old French, from Latin nbilits, from nbilis, noble; see noble.]

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nobility

Noun

1. the quality of being noble; dignity

2. the class of people who hold titles and high social rank

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Nobility the body of persons forming the noble class of a country or state—Wilkes.

Example: nobility of the realm, 1530.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles aristocracy elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status noblesse - members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility) baronage, peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group baronetage - the collective body of baronets knighthood - aristocrats holding the rank of knight samurai - feudal Japanese military aristocracy aristocrat, blue blood, patrician - a member of the aristocracy
	2.	nobility - the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct magnanimousness, nobleness, grandeur honorableness, honourableness - the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor high-mindedness, noble-mindedness, idealism - elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued sublimity - nobility in thought or feeling or style
	3.	nobility - the state of being of noble birth noblesse status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" purple - of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"

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nobility

noun 1. aristocracy, lords, elite, nobles, upper class, peerage, ruling class, patricians, high society

noun 2. dignity, majesty, greatness, grandeur, magnificence, stateliness, nobleness

noun 3. integrity, honour, virtue, goodness, honesty, righteousness, probity, rectitude, worthiness, incorruptibility, uprightness

Translations

nobility [nəuˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → nobleza

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nobility [nəuˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → noblesse f

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nobility [nəuˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → Adel m;

(quality) → Edelmut m

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nobility [nəuˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → nobiltà

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nobility noble