nobility's
Belonging to lords
Nobility's is the possessive form of nobility—the class of people holding hereditary titles and privileges, or the quality of moral greatness.
The nobility's estates were confiscated during the revolution.
Her nobility's evident in how she treats everyone with dignity.
Names of creative works
- estatesLarge property holdings
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- privilegesRights granted to some
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
lands · heraldry · bloodline · inheritance · succession · dynasty · ancestral · birthright
Rule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- eliteSuperior select group
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- rulingFormal legal determination
upper-class · landed · privilege · wealth · status · power · influence · servants
Moral goodness or merit
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- dignityInnate personal worth
righteousness · principles · ethics · magnanimity · worthiness · uprightness · conscience · selflessness
titles
Names of creative works
- estatesLarge property holdings
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- privilegesRights granted to some
peerage · lands · heraldry · bloodline · inheritance · succession · dynasty · ancestral · birthright · entitlements
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
ruling · upper-class · landed · privilege · wealth · status · power · influence · servants · tenants
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- characterNature, symbol, or role
dignity · righteousness · principles · ethics · magnanimity · worthiness · uprightness · conscience · selflessness · courage
- French nobilityFrance's hereditary elite
- medieval nobilityFeudal ruling class
- titles of nobilityFormal aristocratic ranks
- English nobilityHereditary titled class
- British nobilityTitled upper class, UK
- landed nobilityAristocrats whose status derives from estates