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Meanings of nobleness in English

Portuguese
nobreza
Catalan
grandesa
Spanish
grandeza

The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct.

nobreza
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Examples for "nobility"
Examples for "nobility"
1
The people are indeed the fuel; but the nobility fan the flame.
The Works of Frederick Schiller
2
The Senate and the Roman nobility were in the main the same.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
3
Enough of nobility in name; I mean to prove nobility in deed.
The God of Love
4
Let the disputing families see that true nobility is expressed in largesse.
Gratitude
5
This in itself shows a lack of nobility in the popular theology.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
1
The noise was terrific; the sight was terrible in its fierce grandeur.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
2
The motive of the Exposition was the grandeur of a great labor.
The Jewel City
3
In him the House of Ferrece might hope to return to grandeur.
The Lair of Bones
4
But he had no idea of the personal grandeur of the place.
The Prime Minister
5
Such addiction to big-project folies de grandeur is common to governments everywhere.
The Irish Times
1
"I'll help," announced Carl in a burst of magnanimousness.
Carl and the Cotton Gin
Usage of nobleness in English
1
There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly.
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
2
The contagion of nobleness finds a susceptibility for that contagion in yourself.
Mornings in the College Chapel / Short Addresses to Young Men on...
3
Restrictions and limitations are of the essence of all nobleness and virtue.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
4
I am a woman, but I feel the nobleness of my blood.
The Works of Frederick Schiller
5
Besides, freedom and knowledge are the guides to every form of nobleness.
The Friendships of Women
6
And the nobleness of an Abraham Lincoln had all gone for naught.
Time After Time
7
Gethsemane is robbed of its pathos and nobleness if that be all.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
8
If this is not nobleness, there is no such thing on earth.
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
9
She had come to the ambition to be filled with all nobleness.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I
10
Independence, courage, patience, fortitude, nobleness, self-sacrifice, and tenderness become the national ethics.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 / Devoted To...
11
Was ever woman's nobleness of character so exemplified as in your life?
The Diary of a U-boat Commander / With an Introduction and Expla...
12
If man is to rise to nobleness, he must first be slain.'
Short Studies on Great Subjects
13
But has your nobleness any serious objection to my carrying a wand?
Vivian Grey
14
And everywhere there is such nobleness and firmness, such repose and greatness!
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
15
Not at all, Maggie; the nobleness has been yours in waiting so patiently.
What Every Woman Knows
16
There was a freedom in their subserviency, a nobleness in their very degradation.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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Portuguese
nobreza
Nobleness through the time
Nobleness across language varieties
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