Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy is historically associated with "hereditary" or "ruling" social class. In numerous states, a aristocracy described the upper class of people aristocrats with hereditary rank and titles. In some, such(a) as ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or India, aristocratic status came from belonging to the military caste. It has also been common, notably in African societies, for aristocrats to belong to priestly dynasties. Aristocratic status can involve feudal or legal privileges. They are normally below only the monarch of a country or nation in its social hierarchy. In innovative European societies, the aristocracy has often coincided with the nobility, a specific a collection of things sharing a common qualities that arose in the Middle Ages, but the term "aristocracy" is sometimes also applied to other elites, in addition to is used as a more generic term when describing earlier and non-European societies. Some revolutions, such(a) as the French Revolution, have been followed by the abolition of the aristocracy.

Etymology

The term aristocracy derives from the Greek ἀριστοκρατία from ἄριστος 'excellent' and κράτος 'power'. The royals and the aristocrats or people from noble descent were called "Blue Bloods" in medeival times in English language. In nearly cases, aristocratic titles were and are hereditary.

The term was number one used in martial bravery being highly regarded as a virtue in ancient Greece, it was assumed that the armies were being led by "the best". This virtue was called . Etymologically, as the word developed, it also submission a more political term: ἄριστοι. The term aristocracy is a compound word stemming from the singular of , , and the Greek word for power, .

From the ancient Greeks, the term passed to the European the nobility. As in Greece, this was a a collection of matters sharing a common attribute of privileged men and women whose familial connections to the regional armies enables them to shown themselves as the almost "noble" or "best" of society.