'Nobility' definitions:
Definition of 'nobility'
From: WordNet
noun
A privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn: nobility, aristocracy]
noun
The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur]
noun
The state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility, noblesse]
Definition of 'Nobility'
From: GCIDE
- Nobility \No*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit['e]. See Noble.]
- 1. 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. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Synonyms of 'nobility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aedileship,
- ancienne noblesse,
- archbishopric,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- assured probity,
- augustness,
- authority,
- Babylonian splendor,
- 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,
- FFVs,
- 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 best,
- the best people,
- the brass,
- the classes,
- the Establishment,
- the Four Hundred,
- 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