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• A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.From the entry assist
• Smoking a huqqa was a common pastime among the Indian nobility.2014, Navina Najat Haidar, Courtney Ann Stewart, Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection, page 39. From the entry huqqa
• Where is the nobility in these streets paved with greasy carbon and dun ash?2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal One (Legendary). From the entry dun
• But all the nobility generally speak German, also Carniolan and Italian.1990, Journal of the Society for Slovene Studies. From the entry Gottscheerish
• Not only that, but there was a title of nobility, the first that Peony or Dr.1943, Sinclair Lewis, Gideon Planish, New York, N.Y.: Random House, pages 231–232. From the entry principessa
• Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance. From the entry jealousy
• More venerable, and more distinctly European than any other creatures, the alytids are living fossils that should be considered nature's nobility.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 36. From the entry alytid
• Besides, Suffolk, attainted – stripped of his hereditary title – was no longer a member of the nobility, merely ‘Ed.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 228. From the entry attainted
• This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.2011, Seymour De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts (1530-1930), page 43. From the entry Caxton
• You forget your grandfathers were of the nobility.2011, Patricia Rice, Moonlight and Memories. From the entry marquesate
• The Turkish title of atabeg (also atabek or atabey), meaning "father prince", was a hereditary title of the Turkish nobility.2010, Avner Falk, Franks and Saracens: Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades, page 121. From the entry atabey
• When royalty and nobility built châteaux throughout this valley during the Renaissance, sumptuousness was uppermost in their minds.2004, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin et al., Frommer’s Europe, page 329. From the entry châteaux
• A title of nobility, editor emeritus is.1999 September 22, Joe Murray, “On the Road: Right at home at the First Baptist”, in Longview News-Journal, page 2A, columns 4–5. From the entry emeritus
• Atabey means the father of beys (nobility title) in Azerbaijani.1997, Jahangir Zeynaloglu, A Concise History of Azerbaijan, page 27. From the entry atabey
• CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls.1966, The Armorial who is who. From the entry terrace
• Had I been born in a feudalist society, I would have attempted to batter myself into the nobility.1962, Dallas McCord Reynolds, Mercenary. From the entry feudalist
• But, nobler than nobility, bluer of jaw than the principessa was blue of blood, was Colonel Charles B.1943, Sinclair Lewis, Gideon Planish, New York, N.Y.: Random House, pages 231–232. From the entry principessa
• It suggests nobility—Miranda in Latin means “worthy of admiration” and is similar to mirandous, or miraculous; Priestly suggests the possession of consecrated knowledge.2013, Jim Combs, Comic Grace: We Mortal Fools in Movie Comedy. From the entry mirandous
• Members of the nontitled nobility also used portraiture, especially in the form of dynastic portrait galleries, to express pride in their bloodlines.2008, Laura R. Bass, The drama of the portrait: theater and visual culture in early modern Spain. From the entry nontitled
• In the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 195. From the entry instantiate
• May the world never forget the nobility and heroism of all those who stood up and those who died in Tian An Men Square.1993, Eleanor Cooney, Daniel Altieri, “Postscript”, in Deception, New York: Avon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 627. From the entry Tian An Men Square
• Wall paintings in the tombs of the Koguryo nobility near Kungnae and P'yongyang are among the finest known surviving examples of 4th–5th-century Chinese wall painting.1987, Robert J. Moes, “Introduction: The Historical Context of Korean Art”, in Korean Art: From the Brooklyn Museum Collection, New York…. From the entry Kungnae
• In the Kazanian society, the tarkhans constituted a privileged, landowning, and conditionally hereditary nobility which was exempted from taxes and most other obligations.1980, Manfred Späth, “Beiträge zur 4. Internationalen Konferenz über Altrussische Geschichte. Begunov, "Weisse Rus".”, in Forschungen zur…. From the entry tarkhan
• Therefore because of her nobility she pays no attention to outer appearance, and the servingmaid, in the lowest place, is more gorgeous than she.1950, The I Ching; Or, Book of Changes, volume 2, page 319. From the entry servingmaid
• This is a sign of nobility.1909 July 16, William H. Ridgway, “Iron Rose Bible Class”, in The Hamilton Spectator, page 13. From the entry Berean
• This is a great tract of a hundred thousand acres, which from time immemorial has been a hunting preserve of the nobility.1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC. From the entry time immemorial
• For centuries le jeu de paume (known as “real tennis” in Britain), a precursor to our modern-day tennis, was the exclusive cultural and social property of France's nobility.2008, Corry Cropper, Playing at Monarchy: Sport As Metaphor in Nineteenth-century France. From the entry jeu de paume
• Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 140. From the entry venal
• A swaggering ostinato on trombone suggests his glamoursome adventurousness, but Ray Nance's solo trumpet has a fallible wobble in its nobility (can Othello's tall tales be true?).2001, Wilfrid Howard Mellers, Wilfrid Mellers, Singing in the Wilderness. From the entry glamoursome
• They were competent to hear cases of servitude princes, boyars and minor nobility, and held sessions in the towns and castles, and in the residencies of the starosty.1984, Микóла Льво́вич Фреїшин-Чирóвський [Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky], “The political structure and the government of the Lithuanian-Rusʹ…. From the entry starostynskyi
• He stood in the shadow of the pagoda, achieving a kinship between the building and himself by his elongate elegance, an air of old, uninsisting nobility.1958, Han Suyin [pseudonym; Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou], chapter 11, in The Mountain is Young, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry elongate
• Then, too, towards the middle of the eighteenth century both the Russian government and the Zaporozhian nobility began to use all means to attract settlers to the Southern Ukraine.1955, Annals, Volumes 14-20, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States, page 2. From the entry Zaporozhian
• For a week or ten days we put up in London at a smart, rather exclusive second- or third-class haunt of the decade's nobility and gentry—the Artillery Mansions.1946, William Allen White, Autobiography, page 411. From the entry put up
• 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility.1912 September, Charles Alden Seltzer, “Love’s International”, in The Outing Magazine: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, volume LX…. From the entry sorta
• She had imagined him solely capable of terrific deeds — even in revenge — deeds whose sheer superhumanness would make them partake of a certain nobility.1911, Marian Cox, Spiritual curiosities. From the entry superhumanness
• While incommoding the king, and apparently siding with the commons, the parlements were defending sectional interests and unleashing a crisis of legitimacy that would undermine both the monarchy and nobility.2013, Rory O’Connell, “Recovering the History of Human Rights: Public Finances and Human Rights”, in Aoife Nolan, Rory O’Connell, Colin…. From the entry incommode
• Beards and nobility go hand in hand, so it will come as no surprise to most that members of the great lordly houses are wont to vaunt their beardly heritage.2011, Upton Uxbridge Underwood, Gilbert Alter-Gilbert, Jack Passion, Poets Ranked by Beard Weight. From the entry beardly

Meaning of nobility

1. noun A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
2. noun The quality of being noble.

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How do you use nobility in a sentence?

Nobility is used as a noun. For example: “The castle was once home to the Scottish nobility.”

What is a short sentence with nobility?

“This is a sign of nobility.”

What does nobility mean?

Nobility means a noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.