patrician dignity
1patrician — patricianhood, patricianship, n. patricianism, n. patricianly, adv. /peuh trish euhn/, n. 1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. 2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement. 3. a member of the original senatorial… …
2patrician — /pəˈtrɪʃən / (say puh trishuhn) noun 1. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome. 2. (a title or dignity conferred by the emperor under the later Roman and Byzantine Empires.) 3. a member of an influential and hereditary… …
3nobility — n. 1. Grandeur, greatness, dignity, nobleness, elevation, superiority, worthiness, loftiness of character, eminence, moral excellence. 2. Noble birth, patrician dignity, eminence by rank. 3. Aristocracy, peerage, patrician class, noblesse …
4Nobility — No*bil i*ty, n. [L. nobilitas: cf. OF. nobilit[ e]. See {Noble}.] 1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. [1913 Webster] Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her… …
5ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
6Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
7Charlemagne — • Biography of the emperor covering his political, military, and religious entanglements Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charlemagne Charlemagne …
8Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica — Denarius of Metellus Scipio with elephant skin headgear to represent African imperium (47 46 BC). Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica (ca. 100/98 BC – 46 BC), in modern scholarship often as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman consul and… …
9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
10UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
