Nobility
Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her
courage prevailed over it. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden.
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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.
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I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to
nobility of blood and titles, in the story of
Sigismunda. --Dryden.
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3. 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]
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- nobility — əuˈbɪlɪtɪ сущ. 1) знатность 2) дворянство; родовая знать (особ. the obility); дворянин the obility ad getry obility титулованная и нетитулованная аристократия 3) благородство, великодушие; величие (ума и т. п.)благородство; великодушие;… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- nobility — noun 1) дворянство; родовая знать; - the nobility 2) благородство,великодушие; величие (ума и т. п.)… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- nobility — obility 1> благородство; великодушие; величие _Ex: obility of features благородство облика _Ex: obility of soul величие души 2> (высшее) дворянство, знать, аристократия _Ex: the obility _ист. дворянское сословие 3> титулованное дворянство… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
- Nobility — is a govermet-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see hereditary titles) or for a lifetime. Titles of obility exist today i may coutries although it is usually associated with preset or former moarchies. The term… (Wikipedia)
- Swedish nobility — The Swedish obility "(Adel") were historically a legally privileged class i Swede, part of the so-called "frälse" (a classificatio defied by tax exemptios ad represetatio i the diet that also applied to clergy). Today, the obility…
- Chinese nobility — Wag (Kig) ad Huagdi (Emperor) The Kig, or Wag (Chiese: 王 or 國王; wág), was the title of the Chiese head of state util the Qi dyasty. The title "Wag" should ot be cofused with the commo surame, which has o royal implicatios. A…
- Korean nobility — Korea moarchy ad ative obility existed i Korea util the ed of the Japaese occupatio. (I Imperial Japa, Korea obles have cotiued holdig oble titles.) The system is roughly the same as that of the Chiese obility. It icluded…
- Titles of Nobility Amendment — The Titles of Nobility Amedmet (TONA) is a proposed amedmet to the Uited States Costitutio datig from 1810. It was submitted to the state legislatures durig the 2d Sessio of the 11th Cogress via a resolutio offered by U.S. Seator…
- Irish nobility — Irelad has had obles or peers for over a milleium. They fall ito a umber of categories. # Aciet Irish Gaelic obles (pre-Eglish rule) # Peers of the Lordship of Irelad ad the Kigdom of Irelad (created betwee 1171 ad 1899) # Peers…
- Maltese nobility — The Maltese obility cosist of those titles of obility recogised by the British ad those titles ever preseted to, or failed recogitio by, the Royal Commissio, eve though the titles were of historical relevace, ad foreig titles…