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No*bil`i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. OF.
nobilitation.] The act of making noble. [Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

No*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L.
nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilité. See Noble.]
1. The quality or state of being noble;
superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence;
eminence.

Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of
her courage prevailed over it.

They thought it great their sovereign to control,

And named their pride nobility of soul.

2. The state of being of high rank or noble
birth; patrician dignity; antiquity of family; distinction by rank,
station, or title, whether inherited or conferred.

I fell on the same argument of preferring virtue to
nobility of blood and titles, in the story of
Sigismunda.

3. Those who are noble; the collective body
of nobles or titled persons in a state; the aristocratic and
patrician class; the peerage; as, the English
nobility.


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