nobility

[No*bilĀ·i*ty]

Nobility refers to a privileged class of people often receiving hereditary titles also called the aristocracy. You know the type. They hang around manors and castles, or curry favor at court.

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The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Noun
the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct

Noun
a privileged class holding hereditary titles

Noun
the state of being of noble birth


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.


Nobility

No*bil"i*ty , n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit'82. See Noble.] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it.
They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul.
2. 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.
I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda.
3. 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.

The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

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Usage Examples

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.

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Other Usage Examples

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

You have the right to kill me, but you don't have the right to judge me. That's life. There's nobility in that. There's focus. It's genuine. It's crystal and it's pure and it's available to everybody, so just shut your traps and put down your McDonalds, your vaccines, your Us Weekly, your TMZ and the rest of it.

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

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