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Nobley

Nobley \No"bley\, n. [OF. nobleie.]

  1. The body of nobles; the nobility. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

  2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

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nobley

n. 1 (context obsolete English) The body of nobles; the nobility. 2 (context obsolete English) Noble birth; nobility; dignity.

Usage examples of "nobley".

One day a knight of great beauty and nobley, as Sir Thomas Mallory would have said, came to Antwerp in a boat drawn by a swan.