单词 | nobiliary |
释义 | nobiliaryn.adj. = peerage n. 3. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble family with country estates > historical account of noble families nobiliary1728 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work memoriala1393 commentary1547 church story1563 church history1566 local history1615 anecdotes1649 political history1656 memoirs1659 family history1726 nobiliary1728 sacred history1853 prosopography1896 herstory1932 microhistory1969 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Nobiliary, a Collection, or Historical Account of the Noble Families of a Province, or Nation. [Also in Bailey, 1731, and some later Dicts., but prob. never in actual English use.] B. adj. Of or relating to the nobility. nobiliary particle n. a preposition (as French de, German von) that forms part of a noble title. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > relating to the nobility nobiliary1762 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > [noun] > part of noble title nobiliary particle1871 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > preposition > as part of noble title nobiliary particle1871 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. VI. 238 One is elected from among the whole body of the nobility, and one from among the nobiliary states of the canton [Ger. einer aus dem Mittel der in dem Quartier Begüterten von Adel]. 1868 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 2 As for nobiliary pride, it is not known in Poland. 1871 E. C. G. Murray Member for Paris II. 15 The law, which forbids persons to adopt nobiliary particles to which they have no right. 1889 H. D. Traill Strafford iv. 41 He was frankly proud of, frankly deferential to, nobiliary rank. 1920 A. Paget tr. A. Nekludoff Diplomatic Reminisc. (ed. 2) xv. 247 An obscure plot in which old nobiliary grudges were strangely allied to new revolutionary claims. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 268/1 A polity can be adequately described as aristocratic or nobiliary; it seems superfluous to call it feudal too. 1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1091/1 Of all people a student of Proust ought to know that it is de rigeur to drop the nobiliary particle when referring to someone by his name alone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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