Definition of nobility

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Nobility (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..

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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.
Ragman''s Roll :: Ragman's roll () The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296..
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..
Duke :: Duke (n.) In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland..
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..
Nobiliary :: Nobiliary (a.) Of or pertaining to the nobility.
Ennoble :: Ennoble (v. t.) To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner..
Magnate :: Magnate () One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland..
Commonalty :: Commonalty (n.) The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
Optimates :: Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares..
Ignobility :: Ignobility (n.) Ignobleness.
Amir :: Amir (n.) One of the Mohammedan nobility of Afghanistan and Scinde.
Superior :: Superior (a.) Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility..
Graf :: Graf (n.) A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl..
Nobleman :: Nobleman (n.) One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent..
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..
Optimacy :: Optimacy (n.) Collectively, the nobility..
Gentilesse :: Gentilesse (a.) Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility.
Ennoblement :: Ennoblement (n.) The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility..
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..
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