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nobility

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nobility has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

nobilityn. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble.].
  •  The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.  [1913 Webster]
    "Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it."  [1913 Webster]
    "They thought it great their sovereign to control,
    And named their pride nobility of soul.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nobility, n. (pl. -ies)
1 nobleness of character, mind, birth, or rank.
2 (prec. by a, the) a class of nobles, an aristocracy.

Etymology
ME f. OF nobilit{eacute} or L nobilitas (as NOBLE)

THESAURUS

nobility

Babylonian splendor, FFVs, aedileship, ancienne noblesse, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, assured probity, augustness, authority, baronage, baronetage, barons, bigheartedness, bigness, birth, bishopric, blamelessness, blue blood, brilliance, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, character, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, chivalrousness, chivalry, class, cleanness, consequence, conspicuousness, consulate, consulship, courtliness, cream, deanery, decency, dictatorship, dictature, dignifiedness, dignity, directorship, distinction, elaborateness, elect, elegance, elevation, elite, eminence, emirate, episcopacy, erectness, errantry, establishment, estimableness, ethics, exaltation, excellence, fairness, fame, generosity, generousness, glory, good character, goodness, gorgeousness, governorship, grandeur, grandiosity, grandness, gravity, great heart, greatheartedness, greatness, greatness of heart, haut monde, headship, hegemony, heroism, hierarchy, high ideals, high life, high mightiness, high principles, high society, high-mindedness, honesty, honor, honorableness, idealism, illustriousness, immaculacy, importance, imposingness, impressiveness, influence, integrity, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, kingliness, knight-errantry, knightage, knightliness, largeheartedness, lavishness, leadership, liberality, liberalness, loftiness, lordliness, lords of creation, lordship, luxuriousness, luxury, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, magnanimity, magnanimousness, magnificence, majesty, mark, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, moral excellence, moral strength, noble-mindedness, nobleness, noblesse, noblesse de robe, notability, note, old nobility, openhandedness, outstandingness, overlapping, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, peerage, plushness, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, poshness, position, power elite, power structure, prefectship, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, prestige, pride of bearing, pride of place, primacy, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeliness, princeship, principality, principles, probity, proconsulate, proconsulship, prominence, protectorate, protectorship, proud bearing, proudness, provostry, provostship, pureness, purity, rank, rectitude, rectorate, rectorship, regality, regency, regentship, renown, reputability, respectability, resplendence, righteousness, ritziness, royalty, ruling circles, ruling class, sedateness, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, significance, sobriety, solemnity, splendidness, splendiferousness, splendor, stainlessness, state, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, supereminence, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, the Establishment, the Four Hundred, the best, the best people, the brass, the classes, top people, tribunate, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unspottedness, upper class, upper classes, upper crust, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, uprightness, upstandingness, venerability, virtue, virtuousness, vizierate, viziership, worthiness

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Superiority

N superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull, preponderance, preponderation, vantage ground, prevalence, partiality, personal superiority, nobility, Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, trikumia, climax, culmination, transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, excess, surplus, (redundancy), superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished, ultra, vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning, first-rate, unrivaled peerless, matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil, unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed, superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison, culminating, transcendent, transcendental, plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope increased, enlarged, beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more, I shall not look upon his like again, deos fortioribus addesse.

Repute

N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.

Nobility

N nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality, gentility, blue blood of Castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred, elite, aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world, peer, peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual, noblesse, noble, nobleman, lord, lordling, grandee, magnifico, hidalgo, daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don, donship, aristocrat, swell, three- tailed bashaw, gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate, gentry, gentlefolk, squirarchy, better sort magnates, primates, optimates, pantisocracy, king, atheling, prince, duke, marquis, marquisate, earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret, baronet, baronetcy, knight, knighthood, count, armiger, laird, signior, seignior, esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour, emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali, sahib, chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave, princess, begum, duchess, marchioness, countess, lady, dame, memsahib, Do$a, maharani, rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables, notabilities, celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster, magni nominis umbra, every inch a king, noble, exalted, of rank, princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic, high-, well-born, of gentle blood, genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable, in high quarters, Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige.

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