nobilities
Ranks of lords
Nobilities is the plural of nobility, used when distinguishing between different aristocratic classes or systems: the nobilities of Europe, comparing the French and English nobilities.
The plural emphasizes separate groups rather than the abstract quality of being noble.
System of noble ranks
- duchyNoble-ruled territory
- marquisNoble above count
- countessFeminine noble rank
- viscountMid-ranking British noble
baronet · baroness · earldom · gentry · blueblood · manor · feudal · courtier
Assumed right to benefits
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
- immunityProtected from harm
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- perquisiteBenefit beyond salary
wealth · influence · status · exemption · dispensation · advantage · estates · titles
Courage in danger
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- dignityInnate personal worth
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
honor · courage · loyalty · rectitude · uprightness · magnanimity · graciousness · benevolence
Family line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
inheritance · birthright · forebears · progenitors · genealogy · family tree · roots · succession
peerage
System of noble ranks
viscount · baronet · baroness · earldom · gentry · blueblood · manor · feudal · courtier · heraldry
entitlement
Assumed right to benefits
- prerogativeExclusive right of office
- immunityProtected from harm
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
perquisite · wealth · influence · status · exemption · dispensation · advantage · estates · titles · rank
valor
Courage in danger
gallantry · honor · courage · loyalty · rectitude · uprightness · magnanimity · graciousness · benevolence · selflessness
ancestry
Family line of descent
dynasty · inheritance · birthright · forebears · progenitors · genealogy · family tree · roots · succession · clan
nobilitiescommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasantries · plebeians · lower classes · serfs · working classes
nobilitiesbaseness
Moral worthlessness
ignobility · vileness · meanness · depravities · degradations
noble, nobility, ennoble, noblesse, ennobled, ennobling, ennoblement, nobleness