Definition of Peerages. Meaning of Peerages. Synonyms of Peerages

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Definition of Peerages

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 Peerages from wikipedia

- in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Barons: see List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Female peerages: see List of peerages created...
- The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England...
- of peerage titles. While for the majority of its history, hereditary peerages were the norm, under present custom, the only new hereditary peerages granted...
- life to Prince Edward in 2023, all life peerages conferred since 2009 have been created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 with the rank of baron and entitle...
- The Jacobite peerage includes those peerages created by James II and VII, and the subsequent Jacobite pretenders, after James's deposition from the thrones...
- 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...
- other peerages. Those peers who are known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are listed in italics. A modest number of titles in the peerage of...
- belong to the peerage, as with life peers. Peerages may be created by means of letters patent, but the granting of new hereditary peerages has largely dwindled;...
- life peerages (created under the Life Peerages Act 1958): List of life peerages (1958–1979) List of life peerages (1979–1997) List of life peerages (1997–2010)...