- The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind
or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. - 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. - 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.
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