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Adjective- Of or relating to superiority in excellence, value, or importance.

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  • Mr. Iggulden's editors should have also known that the nobiliary particle "von" is not capitalized.
  • Pythagoravitch Tchertokoutski, one of the leading aristocrats of the district of B —, the most fiery orator at the nobiliary elections and the owner of a very elegant...
  • Amongst these latter was above all conspicuous Pythagoras Pythagoravitch Tchertokoutski, one of the leading aristocrats of the district of B-- --, the most fiery orator at the...
  • So after the great royal and nobiliary collections that gave rise to the first museums, there appeared less ambitious collections gathered by wealthy enthusiasts who...
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