nobility — noun 1 the nobility the group of people in some countries who belong to the highest social class and have titles such as Duke or Countess; the aristocracy 2 (U) the quality of being noble in character or appearance: For him, true nobility is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary — The front page of the Tripartitum, the law book summarizing the privileges of the nobility in the kingdom The origin of the nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary can be traced to the Magyar conquest of Pannonia in the 9th century, and it developed… … Wikipedia
Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… … Wikipedia
Nobility of the First French Empire — Napoleon Bonaparte created titles of nobility to institute a stable elite in the First French Empire, after the instability resulting from the French Revolution. Like many others, both before and since, Napoleon found that the ability to confer… … Wikipedia
Upper nobility (Kingdom of Hungary) — NOTOC The upper nobility ( hu. főnemesség, la. barones) was the highest stratum of the temporal society in the Kingdom of Hungary until the 20th century. In the course of the 11 15th centuries, only people who held specific high offices in the… … Wikipedia
Title of Nobility Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · … Wikipedia
Korean nobility — Korean monarchy and native nobility existed in Korea until the end of the Japanese occupation. (In Imperial Japan, Korean nobles have continued holding noble titles.) The system is roughly the same as that of the Chinese nobility. It included je … Wikipedia
Act for the Advancement of True Religion — The Act for the Advancement of True Religion ( 34 35 Henry VIII, c. 1 ) was an Act passed by the Parliament of England on 12 May, 1543. It restricted the reading of the Bible to clerics, noblemen, the gentry and richer merchants. Women below… … Wikipedia
Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; … Universalium
Carmina Burana — (early 13th century) The Carmina Burana is a famous collection of love songs, religious songs, drinking songs, political songs, gambling songs, and also of moral songs and religious drama, mostly written in Latin, but to some extent also in a… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
