nobiliary

American  

[noh-bil-ee-er-ee, -bil-yuh-ree] / noʊˈbɪl iˌɛr i, -ˈbɪl yə ri /

adjective

1. of or relating to the nobility.

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nobiliary British  

/ nəˈbɪlɪərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the nobility

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Etymology

Origin of nobiliary

From the French word nobiliaire, dating back to 1720–30. See noble, -ary

Example Sentences

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.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The last radical vice we have to mention has its origin in the nobiliary system of Peter the Great, in inadequate salaries and the want of a special body of magistrates.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire 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 Masson, Thomas L.

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 Wormeley, Katharine Prescott