名詞 nobility:

1. a privileged class holding hereditary titles
   同義詞：aristocracy
2. the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
   同義詞：nobleness, magnanimousness, grandeur
3. the state of being of noble birth
   同義詞：noblesse

1. The English gentry is next below the nobility.
   英國(guó)紳士的地位僅次于貴族。
2. The nobility usually resist social changes.
   貴族通常反對(duì)社會(huì)變革。
3. He is remembered for the nobility of his character.
   他因品質(zhì)高尚而被人懷念。

no.bil.i.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 no.bil.i.ties
A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses:
貴族階級(jí)：由高貴的出身或等級(jí)區(qū)分的一個(gè)階級(jí)的人，在英國(guó)包括公爵和公爵夫人、侯爵和候爵夫人、伯爵和伯爵夫人、子爵和子爵夫人、男爵和田爵夫人：
例句：
.The old English nobility of office made way for the Norman nobility of faith and landed wealth.(Winston S. Churchill)
.執(zhí)政的舊英國(guó)貴族讓位給忠實(shí)而且富有的諾爾曼貴族.(溫斯頓S.丘吉爾)

Noble rank or status:
高貴：高貴的地位或身份：
例句：
Congress may not grant titles of nobility.
國(guó)會(huì)可以不授于貴族的頭銜

The state or quality of being exalted in character.
崇高：品格崇高的狀態(tài)或性質(zhì)

來(lái)源：
Middle English nobilite [the quality of being noble]
中古英語(yǔ) nobilite [高貴的性質(zhì)]
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin nôbilit3s
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) nôbilit3s
from nôbilis [noble] * see noble
源自 nôbilis [高貴的] *參見(jiàn) noble