Definition of "notabilities" []

• Plural form of notability. (noun)

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• "The last of the notabilities is the Rokeby bridge, said to be one of the longest in Sweden."
• "The minister's family, however, were to remain as guests, together with the "notabilities," to the end of the week."
• "And so the Duke, satirically amused at the obvious embarrassment of the other "notabilities" assembled, did nothing whatsoever to relieve or to lighten the conversation, which remained so utterly dull and inane that Alwyn, who had been compelled, for politeness 'sake, to appear interested in the account of a bicycle race detailed to him by a very masculine looking lady-doctor whose seat at table was next his own, began to feel a little weary, and to wonder dismally how long this "feast of reason and flow of soul" was going to last."