nobility
Other forms: nobilities
Nobility refers to a privileged class of people — often receiving hereditary titles — also called the aristocracy. You know the type. They hang around manors and castles, or curry favor at court.
In the United states, there is no official class system, so there is no official noble class, or nobility. But nobility is also a synonym for nobleness — elevation of morals, ideals, or behavior. So if you have friends who always behave with generosity, honesty, and integrity, you may be surrounded by nobility — even if you don’t hang out with lords, baronesses, dukes, or ladies.
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a privileged class holding hereditary titlessynonyms: aristocracyexamples:Ferdinand and Isabellajoint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella IWilliam and Maryjoint monarchs of England; William III and Mary IItypes:noblessemembers of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)baronetagethe collective body of baronetsknighthoodaristocrats holding the rank of knightsamuraifeudal Japanese military aristocracytype of:elite, elite groupa group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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the state of being of noble birth
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the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conductsynonyms: grandeur, magnanimousness, noblenesstypes:high-mindedness, idealism, noble-mindednesselevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursuedsublimitynobility in thought or feeling or styletype of:
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Don your liberty cap and learn these words related to the French Revolution. This vocabulary list covers the overthrow of the monarchy, the establishment of a republic, the Reign of Terror, the coup d’état of Napoleon Bonaparte, and more.
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States. Created by the Continental Congress in 1777 it featured a loose confederation or union of sovereign states. In contrast to Britain’s Parliament, the Articles strictly limited the power of the national government. Despite this weakness the United States successfully won the Revolutionary War under the Articles. In 1787 a Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia and created our present plan of government, the U.S. Constitution which then replaced the Articles.
Don your liberty cap and learn these words related to the French Revolution. This vocabulary list covers the overthrow of the monarchy, the establishment of a republic, the Reign of Terror, the coup d'etat of Napoleon Bonaparte, and more.