Assertion: nobility | /r/HasProperty | personal
Facets:
value: as a general rule
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: by office: depending on the office, the holder of the office became noble eirher immediately or after a number of years, nobility was personal or hereditary, hereditary for 2, 3 or more generations, etc.
text: The exception could be Scotland where Lairds could be regarded as the noblesse (lesser nobility), but as a general rule the nobility are only people who are titled, i.e. Barons up to Dukes.
text: Nobility is a group of people of high rank, or a person having a high level of character or morals.
text: The nobility of a society are all the people who have titles and belong to a high social class.
text: Nobility and knighthoods are personal dignities, so whereas a prime minister may outrank a nobleman by virtue of the dignity of his office, that precedence attaches itself to any possessor of the office, is temporary (for the length of incumbency in that office), and his wife does not hold equivalent precedence; whereas personal dignities are hierarchical relative to each other, are permanent once attained, and extend to wives because a wife normally shares the personal dignity of her husband.
text: By office: depending on the office, the holder of the office became noble either immediately or after a number of years, nobility was personal or hereditary, hereditary for 2, 3 or more generations, etc.