Словарь синонимов английского языка - nobility

(n) 1. nobleness, dignity, grandeur, illustriousness, greatness, glory, influence, authority, leadership, distinction, probity, integrity, excellence, goodness, character, rectitude, righteousness, ethics, honesty, honourableness, decency, justness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, prestige, loftiness, primacy, significance: The man's nobility was evident from his mien and bearing. 2. rank, position, class, birth, blue blood: Their nobility is recognized only at court and in fashionable society. 3. the nobility. the gentry, the elite, the aristocracy, Colloq dhe upper crust, the ruling class(es), the Establishment, US the Four Hundred: With a name like Hohenzollern, her family must be from the European nobility.