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Meanings of lithuanian nobility in English
Legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Examples for "szlachta"
Examples for "szlachta"
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They were of course dictated by the electors-i.e. ,bythe selfish interest of one class, the szlachta (nobility), or rather the most powerful of them.]
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This custom prevails among nearly all the Polish nobility.
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The Polish nobility as such was untitled, titles being of foreign origin and not legally recognised.
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[Footnote 1: i.e., a member of the Polish nobility; comp.
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He was never with the king in the morning and never went to the palatin's to supper, being an unpopular character with the Polish nobility.
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As she entered the ballroom she was welcomed by hundreds whom she had never seen before, but who were of the highest nobility of Poland.
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