ennobled
Given a title
Ennobled means elevated in rank, character, or dignity.
Literally, to ennoble someone is to grant them noble status—a king might ennoble a commoner for distinguished service.
More often the word appears figuratively: She felt ennobled by the sacrifice, Art ennobles the human spirit.
The sense is of being lifted above the ordinary or base.
System of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- countessFeminine noble rank
- baronLow-ranking peer
- viscountMid-ranking British noble
marquess · gentry · patrician · aristocrat · hereditary · lineage · dynasty · royalty
Elevated in rank
- upliftedMade happier or higher
- raisedLifted higher up
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- glorifiedPraised beyond merit
sublimated · transcendent · refined · enhanced · aggrandized · magnified · heightened · sanctified
Composed and respectable
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- honorableHaving high moral standards
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
- uprightVertical or morally sound
righteous · moral · ethical · integrity · gallant · chivalrous · valorous · meritorious
peerage
System of noble ranks
viscount · marquess · gentry · patrician · aristocrat · hereditary · lineage · dynasty · royalty · knighted
exalted
Elevated in rank
glorified · sublimated · transcendent · refined · enhanced · aggrandized · magnified · heightened · sanctified · hallowed
dignified
Composed and respectable
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- honorableHaving high moral standards
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
upright · righteous · moral · ethical · integrity · gallant · chivalrous · valorous · meritorious · worthy