在社會中具有特殊地位、權力及特權的階級。由貴族階級作為統治階層的政府體制，則稱為「貴族政體（政體形式）」。

特權階級(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
貴族階級(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,AD,U,U)
貴族(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,AD,U,U)
t'e ch'üan chieh chi(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
tè quán jiē jí(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
te quan jie ji(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
aristocracy(social class)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
aristocratie(sociale klasse)　(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
aristocracia(clases sociales)　(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........個體與群體
............人物
................<人物團體>
....................社會團體
........................社會階級
............................<依特定類型區分之社會階級>
................................上流社會
....................................特權階級

locational context/setting is....

貴族政體(政體)

英文....	The class of people in a society who hold exceptional rank, power, and privileges. The government in which this class is the ruling class is called an "aristocracy (form of government)."

特權階級............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 November 30, 2011
貴族階級............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 p. 73
.................	時代雙解大辭典 p. 92
貴族............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	中央研究院中英雙語知識本體詞網 November 30, 2011
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 November 30, 2011
t'e ch'üan chieh chi............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
tè quán jiē jí............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
te quan jie ji............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
aristocracy(social class)............	[VP]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1961)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (1986)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
aristocratie(sociale klasse)............	[VP]
.................	New Routledge Dutch Dictionary (2009) 28
aristocracia(clases sociales)............	[VP]
.................	Moliner, Diccionario de uso del español (2004) I:240
.................	Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado 2000, Diccionario Enciclopédico (1999)
.................	Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (1997) 13:676
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Bureau AAT, RKD

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聯合目錄： 特權階級 、貴族階級 、貴族 、t'e ch'üan chieh chi 、tè quán jiē jí 、te quan jie ji 、aristocracy 、aristocratie 、aristocracia