Definition of nobility Nobility

/nowbɪˈlʌti/ - [nowbilutee] - no•bil•i•ty

We found 13 definitions of nobility from 8 different sources.

What does nobility mean?

Noun Plural: nobilities
nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles
		aristocracy
		elite, elite group a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
		noblesse members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
		baronage, peerage the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
		baronetage the state of a baronet
		knighthood aristocrats holding the rank of knight
		samurai feudal Japanese military aristocracy
nobility - the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
		nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
		honorableness, honourableness the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor
		high-mindedness, noble-mindedness, idealism elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued
nobility - the state of being of noble birth
		noblesse
		status, position the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

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nobility (Noun)
A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
nobility (Noun)
The quality of being noble.

nobility (n.)
The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
nobility (n.)
The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.
nobility (n.)
Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

nobility
The social class of nobles: people who enjoy a legal status that raises them above the majority of the population and that is transmitted by inheritance.

nobility
no-bil′i-ti, n. the quality of being noble: high rank: dignity: excellence: greatness of mind or character: antiquity of family: descent from noble ancestors: the persons holding the rank of nobles.—adj. Nobil′iary, pertaining to the nobility.—v.t. Nobil′itate, to ennoble.—n. Nobilitā′tion

nobility
A gang of foreign brigands having abducent designs on the American Damsel and the American Dollar.

Nobility was the highest social class in pre-modern societies. In the feudal system (in Europe and elsewhere), the nobility were mostly those who had got land from the monarch and had to give services to him, mainly military service.

It soon became a hereditary class, sometimes with a right to bear a hereditary title and to have financial and other privileges.

Today, in most countries, "noble status" means no legal privileges; an important exception is the United Kingdom, where certain titles (titles of the peerage, until recently guaranteed a seat in the Upper House of Westminster Parliament, that is why it is called House of Lords), and still means some less important privileges.