peerage

Meaning

  1. Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.
  2. The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
  3. A book listing such people and their families.

Etymology

In summary

From Middle English perage, equivalent to peer + -age. Doublet of parage.

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