peerage

[ peer-ij ]

/ ˈpɪər ɪdʒ /

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noun

the body of peers of a country or state.

the rank or dignity of a peer.

a book listing the peers and giving their genealogies.

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Origin of peerage

First recorded in 1425–75, peerage is from the late Middle English word perage.See peer¹, -age

Words nearby peerage

peeps, peep show, peep sight, peepul, peer, peerage, Peerce, peeress, peer group, Peer Gynt, peerie

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How to use peerage in a sentence

It was intended, instead, to be based on “peerage,” where all players are equal.
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Think aesthetics as politics, and academic credentials as peerage.
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Duchess is the highest rank in the English peerage (in descending order the ranks go duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron).
Kate Middleton: Why Be a Duchess When You Can Be a Princess?|Tom Sykes|August 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Blair has said publicly that he does not want a peerage.
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Estates sufficient to support the highest rank in the peerage were distributed among his illegitimate children.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The meanest hind was ennobled by the accolade of martyrdom to the loftiest peerage of the skies.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
The other notice which Sir William had given for a committee on peerage reform was not followed up.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The satisfaction consequent on Pitt's accession to power faded at the news that he had accepted a peerage as Earl of Chatham.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
George, who did not approve of a large increase in the peerage, was forced to yield to his minister's exigencies.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for peerage

peerage

/ (ˈpɪərɪdʒ) /

noun

the whole body of peers; aristocracy

the position, rank, or title of a peer

(esp in the British Isles) a book listing the peers and giving genealogical and other information about them

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