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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">nobility</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>royalty</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>nobles</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>aristocracy</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>nobles</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>peerage</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Upper class within the aristocracy, whose titles, property, and privileges are maintained and passed on by heredity. For individual members of the nobility use "nobles (aristocrats)." ]]></note></mads>