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Meaning of nobility in English

nobility
noun
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/noʊˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ uk
/nəʊˈbɪl.ə.ti/ /nəˈbɪl.ə.ti/

nobility noun (MORAL)

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honesty, courage, and kindness:
nobility of spirit/purpose
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Virtue and moral good
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nobility noun (HIGH RANK)

the nobility [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
the people of the highest social rank in a society, considered as a group:
members of the nobility
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
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(Definition of nobility from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

nobility | Intermediate English

nobility
noun [ U ]
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/noʊˈbɪl·ɪ·t̬i/
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the class or group of people who have a high social rank, esp. from birth
(Definition of nobility from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of nobility

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He stokes these pages with fascinating combat and very little nobility.
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He perceives our capacity for bumbling good intentions, for frequent and brilliant decency, even that grand nobility that we idolize and sometimes, under fire, achieve.
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One of the reasons they're a mainstay is because there is an inherent nobility in the idea of being a cowboy.
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In her books, nobility is achieved in the here-and-now and nowhere else.
From The New Yorker
Until then, almost everyone but the nobility lived a notch or two above starvation.
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He felt that she was the victim in this story and had so much nobility.
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The much larger nobility includes those with a direct ancestor who was granted a peerage by the monarch at some point in history.
From Slate Magazine
An older generation may have spoken loftily about morality and virtue and nobility.
From The Atlantic
Although the 700 guests at the event will include members of the international royal set, none will be first-tier nobility.
From ABC News
In light of present-day reality, the nobility of its language might seem archaic, false, and dead.
From The New Yorker
It was a way they used to differentiate between the dogs of the nobility and the dogs belonging to ordinary people.
From NPR
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Translations of nobility

in Chinese (Traditional)
道德的, 高尚，偉大，崇高, 貴族階層…
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道德的, 高尚，伟大，崇高, 贵族阶层…
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nobleza, nobleza [feminine, singular]…
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nobreza, nobreza [feminine]…
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気高さ, 気高（けだか）さ…
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asalet, soyluluk, soylular…
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noblesse [feminine], noblesse…
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adellijkheid, edelheid, adel…
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ædelhed, nobelhed, adel…
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nobelhet [masculine], edelhet, nobelhet…
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благородство, шляхетність, вельможне панство…
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ความมีศีลธรรม, ความสูงส่ง, ชนชั้นสูง…
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giới quý tộc, tính cao thượng…
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szlachetność, szlachta…
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