NOBILITY. An order of men in several countries to whom privileges are granted at the expense of the rest of the people. 2.
The term generally designates three classes—the nobility, the clergy, and the commons. The commons were the knights and the townspeople of substance—the burgesses or bourgeoisie.
The nobility, for instance, married young, at 23-5 years old for men and 18-20 for women, with very young unions quite frequent.
king, prince or state; nor could any person holding any office under the United States, or any of them, accept any present, emolument, office -or title, from any foreign king, prince or state; nor could congress itself grant any title of nobility.
EARL
Eng. law. A title of nobility next below a marquis and above a viscount. 2. Earls were anciently called comites, because they were wont comitari regem,... more
EARLDOM
The seigniory of an earl, the title and dignity of an earl. ... more ...
the holder in very weighty expenses, chiefly by reason of the profuse hospitality dispensed - a constant and splendid table being kept during the three weeks and three days over which the readings extended, to which were invited the nobility, judges, ...
" Essentially a document for the nobility, it became the basis of individual rights as a part of the English Constitution, which is generally more custom than written documents. It is also spelled Magna Charta.
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