ARISTOCRACY


Meaning of ARISTOCRACY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

landed

They expressed the triumph of legal equality and state authority over the privileges of the landed aristocracy .

This alliance of the monarchs with the army and the landed aristocracy lasted into the twentieth century.

On the one hand they resented the entrenched power of the landed aristocracy .

The traditional governing class with deep roots in the landed aristocracy was gradually displaced as the Third Reich consolidated its position.

local

They relied heavily on the readiness of the local aristocracy and gentry to go along with them.

In the fifth century the popes embarked, in alliance with the local aristocracy , on a programme of urban renewal.

Thus reform could involve a clash with the vested interests of local aristocracies .

It felt as though the whole local aristocracy was towering over him.

The reality was the allegiance to Rome of the local aristocracies which in turn conditioned the behaviour of their clients and followers.

With rare exceptions, they were nominated essentially by the local aristocracy , particularly by the Duke of Newcastle.

old

The old Lombard aristocracy was gradually crumbling away except in the far north and the distant south.

Her people belonged to the old aristocracy of New York.

■ VERB

land

Here too wealth and power were concentrated in the hands of the magistracy, the clergy and the landed aristocracy .

They bought their way into the landed aristocracy .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Daughters of rich merchants would often marry into the aristocracy .

The nation's elite sends its children to boarding schools in the tradition of the British aristocracy .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Governing elites are usually differentiated into military, religious, and commercial aristocracies.

He dresses conservatively-black shoes and all-the only hint at aristocracy being a tiny monogram on the shirt pocket.

Her people belonged to the old aristocracy of New York.

His conception of the aristocracy was an exalted one; so was his conception of empire.

The aristocracy may not have done as well out of the change as its authors planned.

Therefore, the monastic reforms should be regarded at least as much in the light of co-operation as of combat between king and aristocracy .

We just have to hope your aristocracy don't read the Daily Express.

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