1. (n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

2. (n.) The state of being of high rank or noble birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.

3. (n.) Those who are noble; the collective body of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

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