Nobility

Definition: Nobility

Nobility

Noun

1. A privileged class holding hereditary titles.

2. The quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct.

3. The state of being of noble birth.

Date "nobility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definition
19th Century Satire	A gang of foreign brigands having abducent designs on the American Damsel and the American Dollar. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of associating with the nobility, denotes that your aspirations are not of the right nature, as you prefer show and pleasures to the higher development of the mind. For a young woman to dream of the nobility, foretells that she will choose a lover for his outward appearance, instead of wisely accepting the man of merit for her protector. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

English	French	Italian	Spanish	German	Dutch	Norwegian	Swedish	Finnish	Russian
Duke	Duc	Duca	Duque	Herzog	Hertog	Hertug	Hertig	Herttua³	князь	Kniaz⁴
Prince¹	Prince¹	Principe¹	Príncipe¹	Fürst	Prins	Furst³	Furste³	Ruhtinas³
Marquess	Marquis	Marchese	Marques	Markgraf²	Markgraaf	Marki	Markis³	Markiisi³	Boyar⁴
Earl / Count	Comte	Conte	Conde	Graf	Graaf	Greve	Greve	Kreivi
Viscount	Vicomte	Visconte	Vizconde		Burggraaf	Visegreve
Baron	Baron			Freiherr	Baron	Baron	Friherre	Paroni
Baronet⁵	Baronnet
Knight⁵	Chevalier	Cavaliere	Caballero	Ritter	Ridder	Ridder	Riddare³	Ritari
Notes: 1) Prince/principe can also be a royal title, Prinz in German, Prins in Swedish; in the British system, the title Prince is not a rank of nobility but always a title held exclusively by members of the Royal Family 2) In the German system by rank approximately equal to Landgraf and Pfalzgraf 3) Not in current domestic use. 4) For domestic Russian nobility only the two titles Kniaz and Boyar were used. 5) Not counted as nobility in the British system

Synonyms: Nobility

Synonyms: aristocracy (n), grandeur (n), magnanimousness (n), noblesse (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Nobility	Noun: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime.
Repute	Dignity; stateliness; Adjective: solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity.
Superiority	Noun: superiority, majority; greatness; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground, prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility; (rank); Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain; crackajack.
Title	Noun: honor; knighthood; (nobility).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Nobility

English words defined with "nobility": aristocratic, aristocratical ♦ blue, blue-blooded ♦ Court guide ♦ ennoble, ennoblement, entitle ♦ Fidalgo ♦ gallant, Gentilesse, gentle, Gentrie ♦ hero ♦ ignoble ♦ lofty, lords temporal ♦ majestic, merciful, Murza ♦ Nobiliary, Nobleness, noblesse, Nobley ♦ Optimacy, Optimate, Optimates ♦ patrician, proud ♦ Ragman's roll ♦ second estate, States-general, sublimity ♦ The quality, the sublime, title, titular ♦ ungentle, untitled. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nobility": ABRUSSI ♦ BERNHARDT ♦ Collective Nouns ♦ Dances, Dandin ♦ EARL ♦ Lord Foppington ♦ MOBILITY ♦ Oldcastle ♦ RITZ, Roses ♦ TUFT HUNTER ♦ WIDOW. (references)

Etymologies containing "nobility": Gentry. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Do you believe in the nobility of suicide (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire) Nobility is not a birthright (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; writing credit: Pen Densham) Royalty, nobility, the gentry. (Sleeping Beauty; writing credit: Milt Banta; Winston Hibler) The panoply to encapsulate the unspoken nobility of a comradeship (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton)
Movie/TV Titles	True Nobility (1916) Stability vs. Nobility (1911)
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Domain	Title
References	Nobility Homes, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion (reference) Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee (Leaders in Action Series) (reference) NOBILITY HOMES, INC.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan (reference) Nobility under Akbar and Jahangir (reference) (more book examples)
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	No title of nobility. Credit: Library of Congress.		John J. Pershing and another man holding certificate of Nobility of Almas Temple, with three other men standing around them. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Decimus Junius Juvenal	Nobility is the one and only virtue.
Leonard Bacon	They that deny God destroy men's nobility.
Napoleon III	The army is the true nobility of our country.
Orestes A. Brownson	The English laborer does not find his worst enemy in the nobility, but in the middling class.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility rests on the possession and use of land.
Robert Burton	Idleness is an appendix to nobility.
Solon	Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Thomas Fuller	Virtue is the only true nobility.
William Shakespeare	Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	An assembly of hereditary nobility. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Constitution	1791	Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	Just as, therefore, at an earlier period, a section of the nobility went over to the bourgeoisie, so now a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	After the 5th of September, the nobility of the monarchy is treated as the nobility of the empire was treated after the 8th of July
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	He observed that among the diversions of our nobility and gentry I had mentioned gaming
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Discrimination	Tonga	Social, cultural, and economic facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race or religion; however, members of the hereditary nobility have substantial advantages, including control over most land and a generally privileged status. (references)
Economic History	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei has a hereditary nobility with the title Pengiran. (references)
	Ethiopia	He was deposed in 1916 by the Christian nobility, and Menelik's daughter, Zewditu, was made empress. (references)
Human Rights	Tonga	The King's Privy Council presides over cases relating to disputes over titles of nobility and estate boundaries. (references)
Political Economy	Tonga	The Kingdom of Tonga is a constitutional monarchy in which political life is dominated by the King, the nobility, and a few prominent commoners. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	In them there were distinct orders, a nobility and a people, or the people governed in one assembly.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We are a strong nation, and we will maintain strength so sufficient that it need not be proven in combat--a quiet strength based not merely on the size of an arsenal, but on the nobility of ideas.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Nobility" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "Nobility" is used about 717 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.86%	716	9,388
Noun (common)	0.14%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	717	N/A

Country	Name
USA	Nobility Homes, Inc.
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Expressions using "nobility": almanac of the nobility ♦ belonging to the higher nobility ♦ hereditary nobility ♦ mark of nobility ♦ patent of nobility ♦ petty nobility. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "nobility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		adel. (various references)

Albanian		fisnikëri (generosity, gentility, gentlefolk, gentlehood, grandeur, noblesse, notables), bujari (benevolence, bounty, generosity, largess, largesse, liberalism, liberality, nobleness, open-handedness). (various references)

Arabic		‏نبل (elevation, grandeur, greatness, nobleness, royalty), ‏نبالة (blue blood), ‏طبقة النبلاء (peerage), ‏إشراف (command, direction, domination, hand, overlooking, oversight, presidency, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, surveillance), ‏شهامة (chivalry, knighthood, magnanimity, noble-mindedness). (various references)

Bulgarian		великодушие (charity, generosity, largeness, magnanimity), аристокрация (aristocracy, peerage, quality), благородство (elevation, generosity, honor, honour, magnanimity, noble-mindedness, nobleness), дворянство. (various references)

Chinese		貴族 (lord, nobleman), 贵族 (Aristocratic, Aristocratical, Aristocratically, Viscount), 爵 . (various references)

Czech		urozenost (gentility), ušlechtilost (elevation, noble-mindedness, nobleness), aristokracie (aristocracy, upper class), šlechta (noblesse). (various references)

Danish		adel. (various references)

Dutch		edelen, adel. (various references)

Esperanto		nobeleco, nobelaro, nobela klaso. (various references)

Farsi		نجابت (Chastity, Decency, Honor), طبقه نجبا, اصالت خانوادگی . (various references)

Finnish		aateluus (nobleness), aatelisto (the peerage), aatelissääty, aatelisarvo, aateli (noble birth). (various references)

French		noblesse (noble-mindedness, nobleness). (various references)

German		Adel (aristocracy, nobleness, peerage, title), adelsstand (aristocracy, peerage). (various references)

Greek		ευγένεια (chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration for, courtesy, cousteousness, delicacy, gallantry, gentility, gentleness, graciousness, humaneness, ladyship, loftiness, nobleness, politeness, refinement, respectfulness, tactfulness, urbanity, urbanness), ευγενείσ (gentlefolk, noblemen, peerage), ευγενείς, αριστοκρατία (aristocracy, society), αρχοντιά (lordship). (various references)

Hebrew		שועות, אצילות (aristocracy, lordship, magnanimity, nobleness), אצולה (aristocracy), נגידות (governorship, rectorship). (various references)

Hungarian		nemesség (nobleness, peerage, persons of title). (various references)

Indonesian		ningrat (aristocracy), bangsawan (count, duke, nobleman). (various references)

Italian		nobiltà (knuckle, nobleness, noblesse). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		高潔 (purity), 華冑 (aristocracy), 位 (about, almost, as, at least, court order, crown, dignity, enough to, grade, occupying a position, rank, rather, situation, throne), 品位 (dignity, grace, grade, quality). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くらい (about, almost, as, at least, court order, crown, dark, dignity, enough to, gloomy, grade, occupying a position, rank, rather, situation, throne), ひんい (dignity, grace, grade, quality), かちゅう (all over the house, aristocracy, central China, in the fire, in the flames, style, vortex, whole family), こうけつ (purity, sweat and blood). (various references)

Korean		귀족 (Aristocratic, Aristocratical). (various references)

Manx		Yn Ooashlaght (The Quality), ooashlys (nobleness), ooashlid (fineness, gentility, illustriousness, nobleness, peerage), onnoroilid (honourableness), feallagh ooasle. (various references)

Pig Latin		obilitynay.(various references)

Portuguese		nobreza (aristocracy, elevation, gentility, grandeur, greatness, knighthood, magnanimity, nobleness, peerage), lorde (nobleman, peer), aristocracia (aristocracy, gentility, nobleness, peerage), a classe dos nobres. (various references)

Romanian		nobleţe (elevation, generosity, gentility, loftiness, magnanimity), nobilime (gentility, gentlefolk, nobles, peerage), mãrinimie (breadth, gallantry, generosity, magnanimity, open-handedness), generozitate (bounteousness, breadth, charity, generosity, handsomeness, large-heartedness, magnanimity, munificence, open-handedness, self-bounty), boierime, aristocraţie (aristocracy, gentlefolk, peerage). (various references)

Russian		благородство (big heart, dignity, noble-mindedness, nobleness). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uzvišenost (sublimity), plemstvo (aristocracy, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, gentlehood, nobleness, noblesse, peerage), plemićki stalež. (various references)

Spanish		nobleza (aristocracy, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, gentlehood, honesty, nobleness, noblesse, peerage, uprightness). (various references)

Swedish		adel (noble birth). (various references)

Thai		คนชั้นสูง (noble), ความสูงส่ง (nobelesse). (various references)

Turkish		yücelik (dignity, highness, largeness, loftiness, magnanimity, sovereignty, sublimity, supremacy, the sublime), soyluluk (gentility, grandeur, quality), soylular (aristocracy, gentlefolks), asillik, asílík (mutineer, rebel). (various references)

Ukrainian		шляхетність (grandeur, greatness, handsomeness, noble-mindedness, nobleness), вельможне панство, велич (dignity, elevation, grandeur, greatness, magnitude, mightiness, splendor, splendour), великодушність (generosity, lordliness, magnanimity, noble-mindedness, open-heartedness), знать (baronage, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, notable), аристократія (aristocracy, noblesse, notable, optimacy), благородство (gentlehood, grandeur, greatness, honor, honour, noble-mindedness, nobleness, noblesse), дворянство (noblesse). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính thanh cao quý tộc, tính cao thượng (elevation, sublimity), tính cao quý (loftiness), tính cao nhã (nobleness), quý phái (nobiliary). (various references)

Welsh		bonedd (gentility). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old English	450-1100	eorlscipe, indrhyto. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	magnificence. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "nobility": ignobility. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Nobility" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nobiliter, Noblat, nomicity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "nobility" (pronounced nōbi"lutē)
7	-ō b i" l u t ē	immobility, mobility.
6	-b i" l u t ē	acceptability, accessibility, ability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, irresponsibility, irritability, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, feasibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, visibility, vulnerability.
5	-i" l u t ē	agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility.
4	-l u t ē	abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, legality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality.
3	-u t ē	absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, laity, laxity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-i-i-l-n-o-t-y"
	-2 letters: biotin, tinily.
	-3 letters: binit, biont, blini, linty, nobly, noily.
	-4 letters: bint, blin, blot, boil, bolt, bony, inby, inly, inti, into, lino, lint, liny, lion, loin, loti, noil, obit, oily, only, tiny, toby, toil, tony, tyin, yoni.
	-5 letters: bin, bio, bit, bot, boy, ion, lib, lin, lit, lob, lot, nib, nil, nit, nob, not, obi.
	Words containing the letters "b-i-i-l-n-o-t-y"
	+2 letters: ignobility, notability.
	+3 letters: indomitably, libationary, openability.
	+4 letters: abolitionary, binocularity, connubiality, countability, detonability, fibrinolytic, honorability, incompatibly, inhospitably, insolubility.
	+5 letters: bisectionally, disobediently, inconvertibly, incorruptibly, inexorability, insociability, inviolability, negotiability, obtainability, reasonability, syllabication, symbolization, unknowability, unsociability, unworkability.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
nobility	76	austro hungarian nobility	4
nobility home	39	nobility manufactured home	3
title of nobility	31	english nobility title	3
bedding nobility	14	medieval nobility	3
english nobility	10	nobility plate	3
nobility russian	10	association nobility polish	3
british nobility	9	nobility spanish	3
black nobility	9	nobility sheet	3
german nobility	8	irish nobility	2
title of nobility for sale	8	nobility patent	2
nobility polish	8	nobility sell title	2
french nobility	7	british nobility rank	2
nobility comforter	7	german nobility title	2
nobility mobile home	6	linen nobility	2
nobility rank	5	french nobility title	2
european nobility	5	nobility royalty	2
italian nobility	4	association nobility russian	2
scottish nobility	4	nobility prince russian	2
		followers nobility	2
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Nobility

Definition: Nobility

Nobility

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Nobility

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Superiority

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Decimus Junius Juvenal

Leonard Bacon

Napoleon III

Orestes A. Brownson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robert Burton

Solon

Thomas Fuller

William Shakespeare

Historic Usage: Nobility

John Locke

US Constitution

Communist Manifesto

Use in Literature: Nobility

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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Speeches: Nobility

James Monroe

Jimmy Carter

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Nobility Homes, Inc.

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