nobility
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Even back in 13th century Imperial China, the lengthy talons grown by nobility and the delicately carved brass nail shields which usually guarded them were a symbol of a life unmarred by manual labour.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the early 1600s, the Seguso name was added to the Venetian government’s Libro d’Oro, or Golden Book, granting them nobility for their glassmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
When Elle wants something, she figures out a way to get it and comes by her success honestly and with nobility.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
I mean the bit about relying on the collective nobility of our compatriots.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
He was born in Rome to a Polish mother from extremely, extremely minor nobility.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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
Was it mere chance that in drawing this don, Cervantes clothed him with all nobilities, and shows him—living and dying—good, courageous, pure; in short, a man?
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
France is at present the possessor of three separate and opposing nobilities.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
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