NOBILITIES
Noun
nobilities
plural of nobility
Source: Wiktionary
NOBILITY
No*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [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. Sir P. Sidney.
They thought it great their sovereign to control, And named their
pride nobility of soul. Dryden.
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. Dryden.
3. Those who are noble; the collictive body of nobles or titled
persons in a stste; the aristocratic and patrician class; the
peerage; as, the English nobility.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition