noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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landed
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They expressed the triumph of legal equality and state authority over the privileges of the landed aristocracy .
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This alliance of the monarchs with the army and the landed aristocracy lasted into the twentieth century.
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On the one hand they resented the entrenched power of the landed aristocracy .
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The traditional governing class with deep roots in the landed aristocracy was gradually displaced as the Third Reich consolidated its position.
local
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They relied heavily on the readiness of the local aristocracy and gentry to go along with them.
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In the fifth century the popes embarked, in alliance with the local aristocracy , on a programme of urban renewal.
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Thus reform could involve a clash with the vested interests of local aristocracies .
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It felt as though the whole local aristocracy was towering over him.
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The reality was the allegiance to Rome of the local aristocracies which in turn conditioned the behaviour of their clients and followers.
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With rare exceptions, they were nominated essentially by the local aristocracy , particularly by the Duke of Newcastle.
old
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The old Lombard aristocracy was gradually crumbling away except in the far north and the distant south.
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Her people belonged to the old aristocracy of New York.
■ VERB
land
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Here too wealth and power were concentrated in the hands of the magistracy, the clergy and the landed aristocracy .
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They bought their way into the landed aristocracy .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Daughters of rich merchants would often marry into the aristocracy .
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The nation's elite sends its children to boarding schools in the tradition of the British aristocracy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Governing elites are usually differentiated into military, religious, and commercial aristocracies.
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He dresses conservatively-black shoes and all-the only hint at aristocracy being a tiny monogram on the shirt pocket.
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Her people belonged to the old aristocracy of New York.
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His conception of the aristocracy was an exalted one; so was his conception of empire.
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The aristocracy may not have done as well out of the change as its authors planned.
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Therefore, the monastic reforms should be regarded at least as much in the light of co-operation as of combat between king and aristocracy .
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We just have to hope your aristocracy don't read the Daily Express.