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