peerage
noun
- legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in the United Kingdom
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪə.ɪdʒ/ / [ˈpɪə̯.ɹɪdʒ] / [ˈpɪː.ɹɪdʒ]
noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English perage, from Old French parage. By surface analysis, peer + -age. Doublet of parage.
- Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
- The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
““Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichborne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.”
- A book listing such people and their families.