noble origin

collocation in English

meaningsofnobleandorigin

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noble
adjective
uk
/ˈnəʊ.bəl/us
/ˈnoʊ.bəl/
moral in an honest, brave, and ...
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origin
noun
uk
/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us
/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/
the beginning or cause ...
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(Definition ofnobleandoriginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was ofnobleorigin.
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It had a very dignified and evennobleorigin—the spreading of faith—of which no one need be ashamed.
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They were selected from young men ofnobleorigin.
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His parents were middle class but ofnobleorigin.
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His father, allegedly ofnobleorigin, was an office clerk and much impoverished.
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She revealed hernobleoriginshortly before her death in 1864.
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Her background is unknown though entry arguably requirednobleoriginand courtly connections.
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Then, for political reasons (and probably hisnobleorigin) he was banned.
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Later, the monastery became a "stift", a collegial body for female canons ofnobleorigin.
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Although she was disliked in school due to hernobleoriginand temperament, she simply ignored that.
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Names with masculine suffixes "-ski", "-cki", and "-dzki", and corresponding feminine suffixes "-ska", "-cka", and "-dzka" became associated withnobleorigin.
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Generally the prominent scientists of the period resided in many different regions of the country, and increasingly, the majority were of urban, rather thannobleorigin.
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Landowners with serfs but no function were categorized as mazil but were still considered to be ofnobleorigin("din os boieresc", which translates literally as of boyar bones).
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