1. of, relating to, or characteristic of nobility or the noble class
Usage: formal; often used in historical or genealogical contexts

Examples

• The nobiliary families of Europe maintained their estates for centuries.
• She studied nobiliary traditions and heraldic customs in medieval France.
• The nobiliary system determined social rank and inheritance rights.
• His research focused on nobiliary genealogies across the continent.
• Nobiliary privileges were gradually abolished during the revolutionary period.