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nobility

[noh-bil-i-tee] / noʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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This is the essential definition of nobility, expanded upon over 178 episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

There, the only individual not paralyzed by nobility is Peggy’s snobbish mother-in-law-to-be, played by a delicious Phylicia Rashad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

He lives by a warrior code that defines nobility by bravery and sacrifice in action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I mean the bit about relying on the collective nobility of our compatriots.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

It occurred to me that an ugly, used lute might not sell very well in a city full of nobility and prosperous musicians.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

It captures all the nobilities of the sport, in all its splendor, in two minutes flat.

From Time ● Apr. 6, 2015

As a result, moviegoers get a full treatment of the giant-sized nobilities and epic despairs that swirl up from Victorian drama, reflected in the iridescent mirror of fin de siecle Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain and France had hereditary nobilities; Britain still has a queen.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

His letters to himself, written as from his wife, to cover her shame and desertion, present a spectacle so magnanimous and pathetic as to upbraid us that we had never learned nobilities so sublime.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle

It had been a hard moment for her, but he sprang high among the nobilities of her heart, and was sustained....

From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort


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