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House of Peers

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the British House of Lords. See Parliament.

See also: Peer


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So far as a demeanour of natural authority was concerned, the mother country need not have been ashamed to see these foremost men of an actual democracy adopted into the House of Peers, or make the Privy Council of the Sovereign.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Under favoring circumstances, Isabel's maternal grandfather might have been Archbishop of Canterbury, and have taken precedence of the whole House of Peers, the Princes of the blood Royal alone excepted.
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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