nobiliary
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nobiliary
From the French word nobiliaire, dating back to 1720–30. See noble, -ary
Example Sentences
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If only a 21st-century title came with a nobiliary particle.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2014
Mixing with the higher classes of society, he wished, like them, to be known by a territorial possession, and framed the name now resounding through the world, prefixing to it the nobiliary particle, De.
"Why, the emperor has just issued a decree, providing that in future he shall have the use of the nobiliary particle; from henceforth he will have the right to call himself 'Von Gott'."
From Best Short Stories by Thomas L. Masson
Under the Empire none of the nobiliary titles were allowed, nor any of the names added to the patronymic or original names.
From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
The nobiliary system of the empire, and certain regulations of detail and discipline combined to destroy the reasonable hopes founded on such liberal institutions.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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