| slovo | definícia |
nobility
(encz) | nobility,aristokracie Zdeněk Brož |
nobility
(encz) | nobility,šlechta |
nobility
(encz) | nobility,urozenost |
nobility
(encz) | nobility,vznešenost |
Nobility
(gcide) | Nobility \No*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit['e].
See Noble.]
1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind
or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
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Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her
courage prevailed over it. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden.
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2. 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.
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I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to
nobility of blood and titles, in the story of
Sigismunda. --Dryden.
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3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or
titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician
class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.
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nobility
(wn) | nobility
n 1: a privileged class holding hereditary titles [syn:
nobility, aristocracy]
2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness,
magnanimousness, grandeur]
3: the state of being of noble birth [syn: nobility,
noblesse] |
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Ignobility
(gcide) | Ignobility \Ig`no*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. ignobilitas: cf. F.
ignobilit['e].]
Ignobleness. [Obs.] --Bale.
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Nobility
(gcide) | Nobility \No*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit['e].
See Noble.]
1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind
or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.
[1913 Webster]
Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her
courage prevailed over it. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]
They thought it great their sovereign to control,
And named their pride nobility of soul. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
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I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to
nobility of blood and titles, in the story of
Sigismunda. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or
titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician
class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.
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ignobility
(wn) | ignobility
n 1: the quality of being ignoble [syn: ignobleness,
ignobility] |
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