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No"ble*ness, n. The quality or
state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of
mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur;
stateliness.

His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and
integrity.

{ No*bless", No*blesse" } (?; 277),
n. [F. noblesse. See Noble.]
1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or
condition. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson.

2. The nobility; persons of noble rank
collectively, including males and females. Dryden.

No"ble*wom`an (?), n.; pl.
Noblewomen (&?;). A female of noble rank; a
peeress.

No"bley (?), n. [OF. nobleie.]
1. The body of nobles; the nobility.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

No"bly (?), adv. 1.
Of noble extraction; as, nobly born or
descended.


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