Assertion: nobility's title | /r/HasProperty | conferred
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Yes, Edler and Nobile rank below Ritter on the Continent, but no they are not the "equivalent of esquire" since they denoted members of the legal nobility in the realms where those titles were conferred, whereas esquire is a title of the gentry, ranking below Britain's legal nobility.
text: While royal styles and titles have usually been conferred and withdrawn by way of letters patent or royal warrants, precedents show that such instruments are not necessary, and there is no reason to doubt that the press release correctly expresses the sovereign's will, which is all that matters.