1N-SING-COLL [with singular or plural verb]貴族(階層)The nobility of a society are all the people who have titles and belong to a high social class. 貴族(階層)
They married into the nobility and entered the highest ranks of state administration.
他們同貴族階層聯姻,進入了國家最高行政層。
Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.