high birth

She was too young to be aware of the advantages of high birth, and her removal was for some time a source of unfeigned regret.

Starosts were Poles of high birth, appointed as bailiffs or vice-governors of the various districts and provinces.

There was that air, however, of high birth and bearing about him that left no doubt upon my mind he was of the blood royal.

A third suggestion has to do with the very rapid increase in the population of Japan, owing to the high birth-rate.

There was a chief in the kingdom in those days and his name was Cormac; one of the Vik-folk by kindred, a great man of high birth.