Peerage Definition

pîrĭj
peerages
noun
peerages
All the peers of a particular country.
Webster's New World
The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress; a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony.
American Heritage
The rank or dignity of a peer.
Webster's New World
A book or list of peers with their lineage.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Peerage

Noun

Singular:
peerage
Plural:
peerages

Origin of Peerage

  • From peer +"Ž -age.

    From Wiktionary

Peerage Sentence Examples

  • He was raised to the peerage in 1895, and died in London Jan.

  • He would have taken his title from Beaconsfield had he survived to enter the peerage.

  • A peerage was openly talked of as his due, while his own ambition pointed to some responsible office at home.

  • Her children he adopted as his own; and it was chiefly for her sake that he desired the peerage which was twice held out to him.

  • About the end of the year 1579 his wife died, leaving him one son, Archibald (who in 1627 was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Napier), and one daughter, Jane.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEE

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EGEAGE

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