peerage (redirected from Peerage dignity)

peer·age  (pîrj)

n.

1. The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress; a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony.

2. Peers and peeresses considered as a group.

3. A book listing peers, peeresses, and their families.

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peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the whole body of peers; aristocracy

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the position, rank, or title of a peer

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (esp in the British Isles) a book listing the peers and giving genealogical and other information about them

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peerage

a list or directory of peers, usually with genealogies, as Burke’s Peerage.

See also: Books

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Peerage the body of peers, 1454.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group baronage aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles noblewoman, peeress, Lady - a woman of the peerage in Britain peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

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peerage

noun aristocracy, peers, nobility, lords and ladies, titled classes the higher echelons of the British peerage

Quotations
"When I want a peerage, I shall buy it like an honest man" [Lord Northcliffe]

Translations

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] N → nobleza f
he was given a peerage → le otorgaron un título de nobleza
to marry into the peerage → casarse con un título
to be raised to the peerage → obtener un título de nobleza

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n

(= title) → pairie f

(= peers) the peerage → la noblesse
peer group n → pairs mpl

peerage

n

(= peers) → Adelsstand m; (in GB) → Peers pl

(= rank) → Adelsstand m, → Adelswürde f; (in GB) → Peerage f, → Peerswürde f; to raise or elevate somebody to the peerage → jdn in den Adelsstand erheben; to give somebody a peerage → jdm einen Adelstitel verleihen, jdn adeln; to get a peerage → geadelt werden, einen Adelstitel verliehen bekommen

(= book) das britische Adelsverzeichnis

peerage [ˈpɪərɪdʒ] n → dignità di pari
he was given a peerage → gli è stato conferito il titolo di pari