NOBILITY
Nobility
Nobility is a social class that possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than most other classes in a society, membership thereof typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be largely honorary, and vary from country to country and era to era. Historically, membership of the nobility and the prerogatives thereof have been regulated or acknowledged by the monarch or government, thereby distinguishing it from other sectors of a nation's upper class. Nonetheless, nobility per se has rarely constituted a closed caste; acquisition of sufficient power, ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Nobility
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nobility
Noun
- A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
- The quality of being noble.
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