PEERAGE
peerage, baronage
(noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peerage (countable and uncountable, plural peerages)
Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.
The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
A book listing such people and their families.
Synonyms
• peerdom
• peership
Source: Wiktionary
Peer"age, n. Etym: [See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage.]
1. The rank or dignity of a peer. Blackstone.
2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively. When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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