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How to use aristocracy in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun

Aristocracy means the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class. Example: “The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.”

Examples of aristocracy by meaning

nounThe nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

  • It is an aristocracy of weak nerves.1905, G.K. Chesterton, Heretics

More sentences with aristocracy

  • The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.From the entry disempower
  • In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.From the entry apart
  • World War I shattered the gossima delusions of the aristocracy, and the Great Depression humbled the rest.2010, Roger Bennett, Eli Horowitz, Everything You Know Is Pong, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry gossima
  • Then will not this constitution be a kind of mean between aristocracy and oligarchy?1997, John Llewelyn Davies with David J. Vaughan, Republic, translation of original by Plato, page 263. From the entry mean
  • Boy love was a common and accepted practice throughout much of Roman history, especially amongst the aristocracy.1997, falcor14, “NAMBLA”, in sci.psychology.psychotherapy (Usenet). From the entry boyloving
  • These were men of the aristocracy, from whom the Makedonians drew their generals and governors.1992, Waldemar Heckel, “[The 'New Men'] Hephaistion: omnium amicorum carissimus”, in The Marshals of Alexander’s Empire, London; New York…. From the entry Makedonian
  • The close ties existing between the monkery and the aristocracy were evident in many cloisters.1959 or earlier, published in Readings in Russian History and Culture in 1968 by Ivar Spector and Margaret Marion Spector (editors). From the entry monkery
  • These aspirants are Jay Gatsbys in training, who regard an elite pedigree as their ticket to the new aristocracy.2009, David L. Kirp, Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education, Harvard University Press, page 12. From the entry Jay Gatsby
  • In Old Mongolia, the yatga was used in courts to entertain the aristocracy and was also played by the aristocracy.2001, Carole Pegg, Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities, →ISBN. From the entry yatga
  • It seems that he cordially disliked the aristocracy in general.1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800. From the entry dislike
  • She now believes she has married into the English aristocracy, and she insists on being called Lady Smith.1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 42. From the entry marriage
  • Who were the aristocracy, to give themselves airs?1926 August, John Galsworthy, “Soames Keeps His Eyes Open”, in The Silver Spoon, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part I, page 46. From the entry jackanape
  • Most tyrants on seizing power start off by murdering the aristocracy; so conservatives are as tyrannophobe as democrats, and Dion was all that they admired.2015, Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo: A Virago Modern Classic, →ISBN. From the entry tyrannophobe
  • In England, until very recently, the aristocracy and upper middle class of company owners and merchants were the most powerful group among the politists.2005, J. C. Chatturvedi, Political Governance: Comparative politics, page 83. From the entry politist
  • The art of preparing Beijing Duck became popular in the 15th century, although the dish had existed much earlier as a delicacy for the aristocracy.1985, Fredric M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Arne J. De Keijzer, The China Guidebook 1985, Houghton Mifflin, page 283. From the entry Beijing duck
  • This is why the theory of class consciousness characterizes such workers as privileged, as a labor aristocracy, as a bourgeois proletariat alongside the bourgeoisie.1974 [1972], Michael Velli with Lorraine Perlman, “III. Seizure of State Power”, in Manual For Revolutionary Leaders (Second Edition…. From the entry labor aristocracy
  • This aristocracy of cowdom earns its way by producing more milk, and by producing offspring that in turn are high milk producers.1937, The Nation's Business, volume 25, page 26. From the entry cowdom
  • Not to be confused with an actual toy, the Russian Toy is a tiny, active and cheerful dog with roots in Russian aristocracy, the AKC said.2022 January 4, Leah Asmelash, “Meet the new dog breeds officially recognized by the American Kennel Club”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry AKC
  • During the early Reconquista, the military functions of castle lords were paramount, and favoured the growth of a powerful landed aristocracy supported by the toil of an enserfed peasantry.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 173. From the entry enserfed
  • Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation.2002, Jonathan B. Knudsen, Justus Möser and the German Enlightenment, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry notability
  • Despite all the appearances of class struggle, such an aristocracy of labor enjoys, even in times of war, privileged access to the means of political communication and organization.1970 April 7, Martin Nicolaus, “The Theory of the Labor Aristocracy”, in Monthly Review, volume 21, number 11, page 97 of 91-101. From the entry aristocracy of labor
  • The old patrician retreated noiselessly with a slow bow that was part of the ceremonious legacy left by a ci-devant aristocracy of the last century’s better days.1952, Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part I: “The General”, chapter 1: ‘Search for Magicians’…. From the entry ci-devant
  • Paradise plumes and thick clusters of ospreys, or deep fringes of them, continue to be the aristocracy of millineric ornaments, but are curiously and rakishly disposed.1921 June 11, “Dress at Ascot. As It Was and Is.”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 20,638, London, page 6. From the entry millineric
  • The period, that is, which marks the transition from absolutism or aristocracy to democracy will mark also the transition from absolutist or autocratic methods of nomination to democratic methods.1901, The American Historical Review, American Historical Association, page 260. From the entry democracy
  • Although lacking the tight kinship focus evident in the gentilicial organization of the aristocracy, the settled population did still maintain internal divisions, as evidenced by the curiate system in Rome.2016, Jeremy Armstrong, “Rome in the sixth century”, in War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals, Cambridge University…. From the entry curiate
  • On view from the sixth century B.C. are two small Attic representations of kourai, dressed statues of maidens, said to represent the Athenian aristocracy in rites celebrating the goddess Athena.2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry kourai
  • Neither tortelloni—overgrown tortellini—in a basiled tomato sauce with cream drizzled over at the last minute nor an aristocracy of sea creatures in nests of thin capellini pasta is especially moving.1985 January 28, Gael Greene, “That’s Italian”, in New York, volume 18, number 4, →ISSN, page 37, column 2. From the entry basiled
  • Among the aristocracy of eighteenth-century Europe, recourse to what is now called gerocomy was in vogue, both in Paris and London, for the rehabilitation of the victims of old age.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 261. From the entry gerocomy
  • He was content to create an aristocracy of labor, a trade union trust, as it were, indifferent to the needs of the rest of the workers outside of the organization.March 1925, Emma Goldman, “Samuel Gompers”, in Road to Freedom, volume 1. From the entry aristocracy of labor
  • The increase of duties, resulting herefrom, is compensated by having the economic and political basis of their achievements rendered more solid than that of the achievements of a labor aristocracy.April 1901, Karl Kautsky, “Trades Unions and Socialism”, in Eugene Dietzgen, transl., International Socialist Review, volume 1, number 10…. From the entry labor aristocracy

Meaning of aristocracy

  1. noun The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
  2. noun Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
  3. noun A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.

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Questions about aristocracy in a sentence

How do you use aristocracy in a sentence?
Aristocracy is used as a noun. For example: “The reformation disempowered the established church and thus roiled the aristocracy.”
What is a short sentence with aristocracy?
“In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.”
What does aristocracy mean?
Aristocracy means the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

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