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Definition of Aristocracy

Aristocracy
Aristocracy Ar`is*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. [Gr. ?; ? best + ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength; ? is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. ?.] 1. Government by the best citizens. 2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. --B. Jonson. 3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. --Swift. 4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

Meaning of Aristocracy from wikipedia

- Aristocracy (from Ancient Gr**** ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā) 'rule of the best'; from ἄριστος (áristos) 'best' and κράτος (krátos) 'power, strength') is...
- The aristocracy is historically ****ociated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of...
- Nobile ([ˈnɔːbile], abbreviated Nob.) is an Italian hereditary title borne by a noble who ranks similarly or just below a baron, similar to the rank of...
- In Marxist and anarchist theories, the labor aristocracy is the segment of the "working class which has better wages and working conditions compared to...
- Jewish aristocracy may refer to: Patriarchal age Kohen Kings of Israel and Judah List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel Kings of Judah List of European...
- The natural aristocracy is a concept developed by Thomas Jefferson in 1813 which describes a political elite that derives its power from talent and virtue...
- American Aristocracy is a 1916 American silent adventure/comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas Fairbanks. A 35mm print of...
- rule by the rich, contrasting it with aristocracy, arguing that oligarchy was the perverted form of aristocracy. The consolidation of power by a dominant...
- precedence in the United Kingdom. The largest portion of the British aristocracy has historically been the landed gentry, made up of baronets and other...
- important for several centuries, and several Emperors rose from the aristocracy. Two groups can be distinguished: a metropolitan civil nobility and a...