Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peerage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peerage
n : the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: {baronage}]
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