notability Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
    luminary; notable; guiding light; leading light.
    • he was host to a large gathering of luminaries

WordNet

Not`a*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. notabilité .
Wordforms
plural Notabilities
Definitions
  1. Quality of being notable.
  2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. "Parisian notabilities" Carlyle.
  3. A notable saying. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913