Legal system historically comprising hereditary titles in the United Kingdom.
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Examples for "peerage "
Examples for "peerage "
1 The earl occupies the higher position of the two in the peerage .
2 The peerage is probably being lined up for Hope Powell right now.
3 The same thing might have been said of fully half the peerage .
4 He towers above his fellows by all the height of the peerage .
5 She was dazzled by the thought of being elevated to the peerage .
1 The other is one of the senior noblemen of the British Peerage .
2 The British peerage was represented by Lords Emmott and H. Cavendish Bentinck.
3 The whole fabric of society totters; the British peerage turns pale.
4 He had obtained the Garter for himself, and a British peerage for his son.
5 Thus dramatically opened one of the most romantic chapters in the story of the British Peerage .
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Translations for peerages in the united kingdom