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Meanings of peerage in English

Russian
пэрство
Portuguese
pariato
Spanish
peerage
Catalan
peerage

Legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in the United Kingdom.

        пэрство
        Portuguese
        pariato
        Catalan
        noblesa
        Spanish
        nobleza

        The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.

              pariato
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              Examples for "peerages in the united kingdom"
              Examples for "peerages in the united kingdom"
              1
              The other is one of the senior noblemen of the British Peerage.
              An Unsocial Socialist
              2
              The British peerage was represented by Lords Emmott and H. Cavendish Bentinck.
              Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
              3
              The whole fabric of society totters; the British peerage turns pale.
              Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
              4
              He had obtained the Garter for himself, and a British peerage for his son.
              Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
              5
              Thus dramatically opened one of the most romantic chapters in the story of the British Peerage.
              Love Romances of the Aristocracy
              Usage of peerage in English
              1
              The earl occupies the higher position of the two in the peerage.
              Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
              2
              The peerage is probably being lined up for Hope Powell right now.
              The Guardian
              3
              The same thing might have been said of fully half the peerage.
              The Education of Henry Adams
              4
              He towers above his fellows by all the height of the peerage.
              Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
              5
              She was dazzled by the thought of being elevated to the peerage.
              We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
              6
              If you're a millionaire donor and avoid tax, you get a peerage.
              Reuters
              7
              The British peerage was represented by Lords Emmott and H. Cavendish Bentinck.
              Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
              8
              I caught an elevator to rise up through the peerage between us.
              A singular man
              9
              The peerage must come; there is no chance of my losing it.
              At Love's Cost
              10
              Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Farringford, 1884.
              Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson
              11
              Wealth alone grew at last to be a title to the peerage.
              Post-Prandial Philosophy
              12
              You may, of course, take it as a reflection on the peerage.
              Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
              13
              Gregory, whose knowledge of the English peerage was extremely limited, looked puzzled.
              With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
              14
              Gladstone who declines a peerage is anomalous, not Tennyson who takes it.
              Seven English Cities
              15
              His mother was exceedingly desirous that her son should obtain a peerage.
              Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
              16
              He belonged to a peerage of which there are very few members.'
              The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 / Devoted t...
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