peerage
noun
Origin of peerage
Related Words for peerage
gentility, gentry, elite, nobility, dignity, generosity, superiority, virtue, greatness, integrity, grandeur, society, noblesse, peerage, magnanimity, majesty, elevation, incorruptibility, ennoblement, exaltationExamples from the Web for peerage
Contemporary Examples of peerage
It was intended, instead, to be based on “peerage,” where all players are equal.
Think aesthetics as politics, and academic credentials as peerage.
Duchess is the highest rank in the English peerage (in descending order the ranks go duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron).
But Blair has said publicly that he does not want a peerage.
Tony Blair May Be Planning a Political Comeback but in What Role It’s Hard to ImaginePeter Popham
May 5, 2012
Historical Examples of peerage
And I was within an ace of becoming an ornament of the British peerage.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
A Peerage, half composed of journalists, philosophers, and authors!
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
I hope he will be elevated in the peerage: he looks as if he wanted it so!
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
He had read about her in a peerage at his sister's book-shop the previous day.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
I can only say, sir, that with your principles you would not marry into the peerage.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles James Lever