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[1] |
nobleness
,
aristocracy
,
dignity
,
grandeur
,
illustriousness
,
greatness
,
glory
,
influence
,
authority
,
leadership
,
distinction
,
probity
,
integrity
,
excellence
,
goodness
,
character
,
rectitude
,
righteousness
,
ethics
,
honesty
,
honourableness
,
decency
,
justness
,
high-mindedness
,
magnanimity
,
prestige
,
loftiness
,
primacy
,
significance
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[2] |
rank
,
nobleness
,
magnanimousness
,
position
,
class
,
grandeur
,
birth
,
blue blood
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[3] |
the nobility
,
noblesse
,
the gentry
,
the elite
,
the aristocracy
,
(Colloq) the upper crust
,
the ruling class(es)
,
the Establishment
,
(US) the Four Hundred
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