nobility

[1]	nobleness , aristocracy , dignity , grandeur , illustriousness , greatness , glory , influence , authority , leadership , distinction , probity , integrity , excellence , goodness , character , rectitude , righteousness , ethics , honesty , honourableness , decency , justness , high-mindedness , magnanimity , prestige , loftiness , primacy , significance
[2]	rank , nobleness , magnanimousness , position , class , grandeur , birth , blue blood
[3]	the nobility , noblesse , the gentry , the elite , the aristocracy , (Colloq) the upper crust , the ruling class(es) , the Establishment , (US) the Four Hundred