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nobility

[noh-bil-i-tee] / noʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

He plans to marry Lady Julia Flyte, a beautiful scion of Catholic nobility, to cement his credentials in conservative circles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

From Parsi philanthropists and Maharashtrian nobility to mill workers and marginalised migrant settlers, the photographs showcase the city's many faces that stake a claim to the making of Bombay.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

Ha: Even reading the scripts, I was like, how are they going to make this work, especially acknowledging the class difference as well, nobility and her being a servant.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2026

They—the kings with the tank-like knights of their nobility —were prepared to take a sporting risk.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

The emperor always chose them among the two nobilities of Rome, the prætors from the senators, the procurators from the knights.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos

By soul I do not mean that energy which enforces righteousness, the dream of the fanatic, the ideal of the law fabricator; but the soul of high freedoms, delights, nobilities.

From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters




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