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nobility
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[nə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the quality of being noble in character
(e.g: a man of nobility and learning)
- the quality of belonging to the aristocracy
(e.g: after 1722 nobility was only acquired by service in the army or bureaucracy)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French nobilite or Latin nobilitas, from nobilis ‘noted, high-born’ (see noble)
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