nobility

• n. 貴族; 貴族階級; 貴族

noble、高貴な、から。

nobility (n.)

mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank or birth" is attested from late 14c.; sense of "noble class collectively" is from 1520s.

1. Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.

正式な権力はないが、貴族層には権力がないわけではない。

2.Most of them were the nobility and the landed gentry.

彼らの多くは貴族と地主のいなか紳士である。

3.In Norman England，the greyhound was a symbol of nobility .

霊犭はノーマン時代のイングランドが高貴な象徴だった。

4.She seemed to personify goodness and nobility .

彼女は善良で高貴な化身のようだ。

5.The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility .

新興のビジネス階層は旧貴族の受け入れを渇望している。