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| | nobility, noble, Nobility, class, title, United, Royal, Revolution, status, great, could, British, wealthy - Nobility |
 | | Nobility is a historical, social and often legal notion, which should not be confused with socio-economic status which is mainly statistical based on income and posessions. |
 | | This was coupled with a loss of the social-economic power of the nobility, owing to the economic changes of the Renaissance and the growing economic importance of the merchant classes (or bourgeoisie), which increased still further during the Industrial Revolution. |
 | | Nobility in its most general and strict sense is an acknowledged preeminence that is hereditary, i.e., legitimate descendants (or all male descendants, in some societies) of nobles are nobles, unless explicitly stripped of the privilege. |
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