Definition of quality:

part of speech: noun

That which belongs to a body or substance; the power or property of producing certain effects; disposition; temper; virtue or vice; acquirement; condition in relation to others; superior rank or distinction; persons of high rank taken collectively.

Usage examples:

• They were poor, but were people of quality Edwin Carlile Litsey in "The Man from Jericho".

• If we must have women about, we're in luck to have women of their quality Payne Erskine in "The Eye of Dread".

• It is the quality not the length, of life He looks at. Marcus Dods in "The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I".

• A doctor oughter be for ever'body, but ol' Kale's for the quality stric'ly. Edwin Carlile Litsey in "The Man from Jericho".