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nobility 1. a socially or politically privileged class whose titles are conferred by descent or by royal decree 2. (in the British Isles) the class of people holding the title of dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, or barons and their feminine equivalents collectively; peerage How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Clinton and Dole can trace their ancestry to King Henry III and Presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison, according to Burke's Peerage, a publishing house that traces the lineage of royal and noble families. The choice of such a work for commission not only reflects the desire to own a beautiful object, but also humanist interests among royal and noble Frenchwomen at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth centuries. |
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