"noblesse de robe" meaning in French

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “nobility of the robe/gown”.",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:",
          "text": "M. Myriel était fils d’un conseiller au parlement d’Aix; noblesse de robe.",
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          "english": "This brought about a certain obstacle in the justification of the nobility of office that wasn't of natural origin, like the military nobility. It is the imitation of the military nobility, the one true nobility, that was invoked as a justification of the nobility of office.",
          "ref": "2006, Clarisse Coulomb, Les pères de la patrie. La société parlementaire en Dauphiné au temps des Lumières, page 42:",
          "text": "Ce qui entraînait un certain embarras dans la justification de la noblesse de robe qui n’était pas d’origine naturelle, comme la noblesse d’épée. C’est l’imitation de la noblesse d’épée, seule véritable noblesse, qui était invoquée comme justification de la noblesse de robe.",
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        "In the Ancien Régime, a status of nobility due to one's office, such as that of a judge, an arbiter, etc."
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          "word": "noblesse d’épée"
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      "ipa": "/nɔ.blɛs də ʁɔb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "noblesse de robe"
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  "etymology_text": "Literally, “nobility of the robe/gown”.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:",
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          "ref": "2006, Clarisse Coulomb, Les pères de la patrie. La société parlementaire en Dauphiné au temps des Lumières, page 42:",
          "text": "Ce qui entraînait un certain embarras dans la justification de la noblesse de robe qui n’était pas d’origine naturelle, comme la noblesse d’épée. C’est l’imitation de la noblesse d’épée, seule véritable noblesse, qui était invoquée comme justification de la noblesse de robe.",
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