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1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to

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1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their pride nobility of soul. Dryden. 2. 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. I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to nobility of blood and titles, in the story of Sigismunda. Dryden. 3. Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the peerage; as, the English nobility.

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  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • SPIRITUOUS
    1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
  • GRANDEUR
    The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • HIGH-MINDEDNESS
    The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
  • RENOWNED
    Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
  • SPIRITUALIZE
    To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
  • EMINENCE
    1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in
  • NOBILITY
    1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to
  • SPIRITUOSITY
    The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
  • HONORABLENESS
    1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
  • RESPECT
    An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another. 4. Reputation; repute. Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak. 5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the
  • FAMILY
    A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
  • REPUTATION
    The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable
  • SPIRITUAL-MINDED
    Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • RESPECTER
    One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
  • ORIGINABLE
    Capable of being originated.
  • CONTEMNER
    One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
  • SPIRITISM
    Spiritualsm.
  • ESTEEMABLE
    Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
  • PUBLIC-SPIRITED
    1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
  • DISRESPECTABILITY
    Want of respectability. Thackeray.
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • DISPIRITED
    Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
  • CHILDBIRTH
    The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
  • ESTEEM
    1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
  • MISESTEEM
    Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
  • DISSPIRIT
    See DISPIRIT
  • DISESTEEMER
    One who disesteems. Boyle.

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