Complex sentence: The Dutch nobility consists for the greater part of untitled families, the predicate "jonkheer", or it's female equivalent "jonkvrouw", is thus used to show that one does belong to the nobility, but does not possess a title.
Split into simpler sentences: The Dutch nobility consists for the greater part of untitled families. The predicate "jonkheer", or it's female equivalent "jonkvrouw", is thus used to show that one does belong to the nobility, but does not possess a title.