(adj) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy, Syn. blue-blooded, aristocratical, patrician, gentle, blue, Example:an aristocratic family; aristocratic Bostonians; aristocratic government; a blue family; blue blood; the blue-blooded aristocracy; of gentle blood; patrician landholders of the American South; aristocratic bearing; aristocratic features; patrician tastes
{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aristocratique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
[はしかくし;はしがくし, hashikakushi ; hashigakushi] (n) (See 寝殿造り, 向拝) pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in an classic aristocratic villa