nobility
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source:
French Nobility - My 18th century source
noun
(plural
nobilities
)
1. the
quality
of being
noble
in
character
,
mind
,
birth
, or
rank
.
｟かたく｠ 高潔さ, 気高さ
2. (usually
the nobility
) the
group
of
people
belonging to the
noble
class
in a
country
, especially those with a
hereditary
or
honorary
title
:
高貴な生まれ［身分］; 〖the ～; 集合的に; ｟主に英｠ では単複両扱い〗 貴族(階級), 上流階級(
aristocracy
)
e.g.
a member of the English nobility.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
: from
Old French
nobilite
or
Latin
nobilitas
, from
nobilis
‘
noted
,
high-born
’ (see
noble
).