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  1. Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.

    Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.

    "Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl".   #nobility

  2. Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.

    Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.

    "Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl".   #nobility

  3. Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.

    Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.

    "Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl".   #nobility

  4. Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.

    Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.

    "Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl".   #nobility

  5. Having recently read two novels with nobles in them, I looked some stuff up.

    Prince → Princess, Duke → Duchess, Viscount → Viscountess, Marquess → Marchioness, Baron → Baroness, Earl → Countess.

    "Marchioness" is a bit iffy ("Marquess" should have been the female form, with the male shortened to "Marque" or "Marquer"), but someone really messed up with "Countess" being the female equivalent of "Earl".   #nobility

  6. #nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred

    - French: noblesse

    - Italian: nobiltà

    - Portuguese: nobreza

    - Spanish: nobleza

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    Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  7. #nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred

    - French: noblesse

    - Italian: nobiltà

    - Portuguese: nobreza

    - Spanish: nobleza

    ------------

    Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  8. #nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred

    - French: noblesse

    - Italian: nobiltà

    - Portuguese: nobreza

    - Spanish: nobleza

    ------------

    Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  9. #nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred

    - French: noblesse

    - Italian: nobiltà

    - Portuguese: nobreza

    - Spanish: nobleza

    ------------

    Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  10. #nobility : distinction by rank, station, or title, whether inherited or conferred

    - French: noblesse

    - Italian: nobiltà

    - Portuguese: nobreza

    - Spanish: nobleza

    ------------

    Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ wordofthehour.org/r/translatio

  11. A quotation from Shakespeare

    PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
       And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #pericles #accusation #king #law #monarchy #nobility #power #questioning #royalty #vice #immunity #abovethelaw

  12. A quotation from Shakespeare

    PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
       And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #pericles #accusation #king #law #monarchy #nobility #power #questioning #royalty #vice #immunity #abovethelaw

  13. A quotation from Shakespeare

    PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
       And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #pericles #accusation #king #law #monarchy #nobility #power #questioning #royalty #vice #immunity #abovethelaw

  14. A quotation from Shakespeare

    PERICLES: Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
       And if Jove stray, who dares say Jove doth ill?

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Pericles, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 108ff (1.1.108-109) (1607) [with George Wilkins]

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #pericles #accusation #king #law #monarchy #nobility #power #questioning #royalty #vice #immunity #abovethelaw

  15. Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?

    It's even called Eppstein!
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein

    They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of

    Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...

    Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷

    #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #History #Random #Wikipedia #Wiki #Genealogy #Nobility #Ancestry #historical #weird

  16. Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?

    It's even called Eppstein!
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein

    They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of

    Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...

    Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷

    #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #History #Random #Wikipedia #Wiki #Genealogy #Nobility #Ancestry #historical #weird

  17. Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?

    It's even called Eppstein!
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein

    They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of

    Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...

    Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷

    #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #History #Random #Wikipedia #Wiki #Genealogy #Nobility #Ancestry #historical #weird

  18. Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?

    It's even called Eppstein!
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein

    They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of

    Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...

    Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷

    #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #History #Random #Wikipedia #Wiki #Genealogy #Nobility #Ancestry #historical #weird

  19. Did you know Epstein's name & ancestors come from a town in #Germany?

    It's even called Eppstein!
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein

    They even had "nobles" - the Lords of Eppstein.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords_of

    Wonder if they were also pedos? But I guess back then it was a common thing for nobles to be...

    Just some of that #Epstein- #Etymology - #Trivia 🤷

    #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #History #Random #Wikipedia #Wiki #Genealogy #Nobility #Ancestry #historical #weird

  20. Armored samurai posing for a photo, Meiji-era Japan, ~1880

  21. Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
    "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

    "On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
    apnews.com/article/uk-house-of
    #aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

  22. Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
    "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

    "On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
    apnews.com/article/uk-house-of
    #aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

  23. Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
    "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

    "On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
    apnews.com/article/uk-house-of
    #aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy