Nobility

Note that the Polish landed gentry (ziemianie or ziemiaństwo) was composed of any nobility that owned lands: thus of course the magnates, the middle nobility and that lesser nobility that had at least part of the village.

Over the course of time, some nobles were Polonized into the Polish–Lithuanian nobility ( szlachta ) or became part of the Swedish nobility during the period of Swedish Livonia (1629 to 1721) or Russified into the Russian nobility ( dvoryanstvo ).

It is the lowest title within the nobility system and ranks below that of " Baron " but above " Jonkheer " (the latter is not a title, but a Dutch honorific to show that someone belongs to the untitled nobility).

Many European and American admirers such as Voltaire and H. G. Creel point to the revolutionary idea of replacing nobility of blood with nobility of virtue.

Rather, the main determinant of relative rank among the French nobility was how far back the nobility of a family's male line could be verifiably traced.

Successful coin types of high nobility would be copied by lower nobility for seigniorage.

This forbade the king to pass any new law without the consent of the representatives of the nobility, in Sejm and Senat assembled, and thus greatly strengthened the nobility's political position.

This word to this day is used in Lithuanian language to name nobility, not only for own, but also for nobility of other countries.

Descended from nobility and the son of divorced parents, he shares a strong affinity with Benedict and his conservative allies, but has remained on good terms with Francis.

Ford, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, was graceful in reconsidering the nobility of American icons.

He is loyal only to those who are paying for his services, but he has shown some nobility because he always made sure he owed no one anything and vice versa.

In fact, they seem to be on better terms with both the government and their own villains than the regular Justice League is -- perhaps because their lack of nobility makes them easier for people to understand.

The episode also saw how the Sei’s deliberations about marriage caused a little stir amongst the nobility.

The serfs create value, the Financial Nobility is parasitic.

This sentiment is not watered down by a Robin Hood-like nobility in the depiction of his crimes.

Will Poulter is playing Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and James Gunn says not to expect a whole lot of nobility from the character.

By the 18th century, under the French name of “Polonaise” - or Polish - it was widely danced among European nobility and opened royal balls.

Count Roman Aleksandr Maria Szeptycki was born in 1865 in a village near L’viv in then-Austrian Galicia to a family descended from Ruthenian and Polish nobility.

Despite this, Novgorod's nobility and merchant class, who traded with the Germans, refused to help.

He’s trying to hang on to his nobility; he’s supercilious, but at the same time, servile to the British.