(1) Much of this had been granted in the form of hereditary manorial estates to aristocratic families or important monasteries.(2) This is a legacy from the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when social position was determined by aristocratic or civil service hierarchy.(3) It will be asked to help acquire for the nation one of the grandest, most aristocratic , most immaculately decorated and perfectly furnished houses in Scotland.(4) She was a strict reserved woman with noble self-esteem and a graceful aristocratic manner.(5) His face was chiselled and aquiline, with an aristocratic bearing.(6) Initially, its goal was to represent the interests of middle-class folks who resented the aristocratic inclinations of the Federalists.(7) On 10 December, meanwhile, Christie's New York offers another gem of the stonecutter's art, once again offered by a us private owner by way one of the grandest English aristocratic collections.(8) The state ostensibly dominated the society, but it was in fact the landed aristocratic families that kept the state at bay and perpetuated local power for centuries.(9) Despite his much vaunted lack of emotional attachment to the trappings of title, the marquis has been cited as conducting his business with a distinctly aristocratic hauteur.(10) The prestige and the social standing of the government clerks surpassed by far those of any other class of the population with the exception of the army officers and the members of the oldest and wealthiest aristocratic families.(11) There is something distinctly aristocratic about Bill's buildings, especially the houses; they are confident and refined.(12) If the only choice in practice was between aristocratic oligarchy and democracy, then he favoured democracy.(13) Calvinism and the Roman Catholic Church; some of the leading Calvinist were also members of senior aristocratic families.(14) The king finds himself ironically bested by the incorrigible force of grand aristocratic display much as a displeased Elizabeth had found herself upstaged at Whitehall.(15) Alatriste is summoned to a midnight rendezvous where masked men of aristocratic bearing employ him to ambush two travelers.(16) She was described as having an aristocratic manner, as being old-fashioned and aloof.
