aristocracy
ഗോഡ്വിൻ
definition
noun
the ancient Polish aristocracy had hereditary right to elect the king
the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
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The titian-haired lady of the finely-chiselled features detects the Scottish accent and confides that husband number one had been a Scot, a member of the 'aristocracy' .
Nor, despite their republicanism, did they seek the destruction of 'aristocracy' .
a new 'aristocracy' of talented young people
Much of the native Kentucky racing establishment resent the perceived dilution of racing's 'aristocracy' .
In large towns, it tended to act as a collaborating class, offering the 'aristocracy' and the upper middle class the means of power in exchange for recognition and status.
Aristotle pointed out in his book of lectures The Politics and in his studies of constitutions that 'aristocracy' as an ideal too often degenerated into either oligarchy, the rule of the powerful, or plutocracy, the rule of the rich.
The Ottoman system had no hereditary 'aristocracy' , and its rulers worked hard to make sure that one did not arise.
The two could no longer coexist and it was therefore a class struggle between the Southern slaveholding 'aristocracy' and the Northern capitalist democracy.
From its inception, it was meant to ward off the emergence of a hereditary 'aristocracy' in the United States.
Tolstoy foresaw the end of the 'aristocracy' in Russian society.
The tremendous pressure placed on Louisville workers to cater to the horse 'aristocracy' was not limited to industries in direct contact with race fans.
From its founder, the landed Lady Eve Balfour, onwards, the organisation has often found its supporters among the upper-middle classes and landed 'aristocracy' .
Some openly praised the virtues of aristocracy, though they made clear that they opposed hereditary 'aristocracy' .
members of the 'aristocracy'
In a society organized according to hierarchical caste, land was controlled by the 'aristocracy' , and the lower classes rented, borrowed, or worked the land according to a sharecropping system.
They seem to contain many popular beliefs and customs, perhaps as practiced by the non-Aryan locals, and were later accepted by the 'aristocracy' and the priestly class.
John Woodcock watched as final farewells were said to a respected member of the 'aristocracy' .
The marketing gurus have been the 'aristocracy' of the sales-marketing community.
the ancient Polish 'aristocracy' had hereditary right to elect the king
Highly prized de luxe models continued to be commissioned by the 'aristocracy' and members of the bourgeoisie.
A great many collectors from the upper 'aristocracy' or rich middle classes called on her skill.
Aristotle produced a complex taxonomy of constitutions, the three main types of which are monarchy, 'aristocracy' , and democracy.
Corporate people are capitalism's new 'aristocracy' .
Both argued that irrespective of the form of government, be it monarchy, 'aristocracy' , or democracy, a relatively compact minority always ruled.
Until the twentieth century, the primary patrons of churches and monasteries were the 'aristocracy' , the only group in society who possessed the means to sponsor such projects.
Scott's casual attitude to debt was certainly closer to that of the 'aristocracy' than the middle class.
Britain's pop 'aristocracy'
Oddly enough, the benefits he conferred upon the common people had the result of weakening the 'aristocracy' , the social class from which he came.
He dresses film stars, supermodels and the 'aristocracy' of pop in clothes that are symbols of status and success.
This step was taken much earlier in London, where the Philharmonic Society was founded by an élite of the 'aristocracy' , gentry, City, and professions in 1813.
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