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Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-noh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈnoʊ bəl



Définition of ennoblement

Origin :
  • late 15c. (implied in ennobled), from Middle French ennoblir; see en- (1) + noble (adj.). Related: Ennobling.
  • noun exaltation
Example sentences :
  • To be cut out by a prince has always been a kind of ennoblement in itself.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • The ennoblement of jealousy: the Greeks the most jealous nation.
  • Extract from : « We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) » by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • The title was only in part in jest: ennoblement was the understood reward of complicity.
  • Extract from : « The King of Alsander » by James Elroy Flecker
  • Originally by name Holm, he took, after his ennoblement in 1781, the title of Holmskjold.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain » by Arthur Hayden
  • On the other hand, one cannot but foresee a gradual enrichment and ennoblement of the interior of the Capitol.
  • Extract from : « America To-day, Observations and Reflections » by William Archer
  • Sir Henry Newbolt deals in an interesting way with this ennoblement of life that is the mark of great poetry.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Letters » by Robert Lynd
  • He so shares the divine impulses that he has power to subject ambition to the ennoblement of his kind.
  • Extract from : « Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday » by Various

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