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At the center of it all, ostensibly, is an exploration of humanity—its nobility and its monstrosity.

A princess will have to relinquish her imperial status if she weds outside the nobility, but this legal measure drastically reduced the pool of eligible males.

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The time has come for actions to match the nobility of our words.

He seems to be saying we’ve entered a new age of stability and nobility.

Isaacson also argues that the pandemic will permanently remake science itself, “reminding scientists of the nobility of their mission” and reversing long-standing trends toward commercialized research.

They work anonymously and there is nobility in what they do.

The du Pont family descended from Huguenot nobility in Burgundy, emigrating to the United States in 1800.

I just tried to infuse it with nobility, because he was after all a king.

The “wound” is the ignorance of the nobility of the individual and of man, and the separation of all of us.

The youthful nobility were singled out by Socrates because they, above all others, were both erotic and courageous.

He gives a list of the sponsors of the baptized Indians, who included many of the French nobility and clergy.

But all men at times betray themselves, and some betrayals, if scarcely clever, are not without nobility.

He was the man made for the time—precisely the middle term between the reign of the nobility and the reign of the populace.

The Connecticut tobacco grower is in all respects a man of genuine refinement and nobility of soul.

With one of the sisters, who was allied to the nobility, she formed a strong friendship, which continued through life.

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On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nobility, such as: dignity, generosity, grandeur, greatness, integrity, and superiority.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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