nobility
Example Sentences
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Because of its complex and expensive preparation, the naan became a luxury food item enjoyed largely by the nobility.
From BBC
“I believe deeply in the nobility of your work, in what you do every day to keep this city safe, in your commitment, and in your sacrifice,” she wrote.
As does the Constitution, which forbids the federal government and the states from granting any “title of nobility.”
Radical new measures that included abolishing the nobility were introduced to keep the revolution alive.
Merchants could suddenly earn fortunes rivaling the landholding nobility, and strange ideas could undermine intellectual elites.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
