Definition of Peerage. Meaning of Peerage. Synonyms of Peerage

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Definition of Peerage

Peerage
Peerage Peer"age, n. [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.

Meaning of Peerage from wikipedia

- the peerage of Spain List of viscounts in the peerage of Spain List of barons in the peerage of Spain List of lords in the peerage of Spain Peerages in...
- The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England...
- The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by...
- The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones...
- Peerages in the United Kingdom form a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various ranks, and within the framework...
- The Peerage of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Moraireachd na h-Alba; Scots: Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom...
- The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great...
- Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the...
- In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are...
- Look up peerage, peerages, or peeress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A peerage is a legal system comprising hereditary titles in various European...