Peerage synonyms

pîr'ĭj

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gentry
People of a particular class or group:
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nobility
The class of people of noble rank or having hereditary titles: usually limited in Great Britain to the peerage
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ruling class
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aristocracy (related)
The definition of aristocracy is a group of people who feel they are above others.
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royalty (related)
A payment made to the creator of an intellectual property (author, inventor, and so on) for each copy of the property that is sold.
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jurisdiction
(Law) The right of a court to hear a particular case, based on the scope of its authority over the type of case and the parties to the case.
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rank
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
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title
The definition of a title is the name of a person's job, the name of a creative work or a word used before someone's name to indicate his or her status.
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baronetcy (related)
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baronetage (related)
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dukedom (related)
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knightage (related)
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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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