ennoblement
(ɛˈnəʊb(ə)lmənt)
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
The action of ennobling; the state or fact of being ennobled. † concr. Something that ennobles.
| 1622 Bacon Hen. VII, 15 He added to his former creations, the Innoblement or aduancement in Nobilitie of a few others. 1665 Glanvill Scep. Sci. i. 2 æternal Wisdome..inrich't us with all those enoblements. 1840 Marryat Olla Podr. xxx, They look to ennoblement in the Academy. 1852 Fraser's Mag. XLVI. 243 They never heard of the man's name..before they heard of his ennoblement. 1871 H. B. Forman Living Poets 266 The..faculties..necessary for the flawless ennoblement of so serious a subject. |