PEERAGE

peerage|peerdom. Peerage, or Peerdom, n. the dignity of a peer, born of peers

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Peer″age (?), n. [[See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage.]] 1. 1. The rank or dignity of a peer. Blackstone.
2. 2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.
When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton.