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• n  a privileged class holding hereditary titles
• n  the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
• n  the state of being of noble birth

• It is, as another great master, Akira Kurosawa, said, "the kind of cinema that flows with the serenity and nobility of a big river"the river of life as it is ordinarily lived .
• Instead of being treated as onlookers to the arrival of the colonial power, either passive or menacing, here the Africans are center stage, capable all the while of nobility but .
• Clearly, nobility must begin to play.

• aristocracy
• nobleness
• magnanimousness
• grandeur
• noblesse

News & Articles

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• John Hood: Creating a hospitable environment for job-creators
  RALEIGH – In the liberal imagination, conservatives oppose excessive government taxes and regulations because of their unwarranted faith in the competence, nobility and perfect knowledge of business executives.
  June 7, 2013 - The Daily Advance

Quotes

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• Conrad Black in International Herald Tribune
  I will not re-enact the French Revolutionary renunciation of the rights of the nobility,Black said when asked about his use of the corporate jet for a vacation on the South Pacific island of Bora Bora.
• Wynton Marsalis in Forbes
  In a 1988 essay in The New York Times, Wynton Marsalis wrote of Roach: "All great instrumentalists have a superior quality of sound, and his is one of the marvels of contemporary music. ...... The roundness and nobility of sound on the drums and the...
• Costas Karamanlis in Reuters
  Greece grieves the loss of a rare human being, an important creator and a true friend,Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said in a statement. "His passion, energy, fighting spirit and nobility will never be forgotten."