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peerage

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for peerage.

Editorial note

At this point it is mostly about peerage fees and if ISPs can extort them from third parties.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of peerage gathered in one view.

noun

Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.

noun

The rank or title of a peer or peeress.

noun

A book listing such people and their families.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for peerage.

noun

Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.

noun

The rank or title of a peer or peeress.

noun

A book listing such people and their families.

Example sentences

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At this point it is mostly about peerage fees and if ISPs can extort them from third parties.

2

Can you name a single Conservative hereditary peer that will be given a lifetime peerage in Starmer's reform plan?

3

The point of the hereditary peerage was the same as the point of having a non-elected Senate.

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It also has a lot to do with our system of peerage and nobility.

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To what degree do we expect intellectual peerage from someone just glancing into this problem because of a PR?

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I don't think you're truly upper class unless you are elevated to the peerage or in some other way decorated.

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I also think that there these peerage agreement create an untruthful dynamic with their customers, the point about transparency is valid.

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That should be an instant disqualifier for a lifelong peerage.

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But there's little doubt that the core of his motivation in conquering Europe was to destroy the peerage system as it existed in Europe at the time.

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Worst case, he'll probably take an appointed peerage eventually.

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Smaller fee simple properties exist in England as well, often as the result of the grant of peerage in ye olde dayes (the Norman and Angevin periods mostly).

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> Can you name a single Conservative hereditary peer that will be given a lifetime peerage in Starmer's reform plan?

Quote examples

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She was given the peerage for constructing the Cass Review, an extremely one sided anti trans "review" of the science around puberty blockers.

2

The "point" of hereditary peerage is, from the perspective of the nobility, to preserve privileges with only self-interested regard for the welfare of the public—which very obviously resolves into tyrannical despotism at the earliest opportunity!

Proper noun examples

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He was also a member of the leisure class - as a member of the Peerage.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use peerage in a sentence?

At this point it is mostly about peerage fees and if ISPs can extort them from third parties.

What does peerage mean?

Peers as a group; the titled nobility or aristocracy.

What part of speech is peerage?

peerage is commonly used as noun.