NOBILITY
\nə͡ʊbˈɪlɪti], \nəʊbˈɪlɪti], \n_əʊ_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of NOBILITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The state or quality of being lofty, excellent, or worthy; high birth or rank as denoted by a title; dignity of character; greatness; the body of persons of rank and title above the common people, as in England.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The quality of being noble: rank: dignity: excellence: greatness: antiquity of family: descent from noble ancestors.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] The quality of being noble, as dignity ; greatness ; elevation ; superiority of mind or of quality; eminence;—noble birth; patrician dignity ; distinction by rank, station, and title;—the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage.
