peerage
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++peer·age /ˈpɪərɪdʒ $ ˈpɪr-/ noun 1. the peerage PGall the British peers considered as a group 〔英国的〕贵族〔总称〕2. [countable]PG the rank of a British peer 〔英国的〕贵族爵位
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peerage• In February 1921 he gave up office and soon afterwards he accepted a peerage and retired from active politics.• Mo Mowlam, the retiring Cabinet Office minister, is believed to have refused a peerage.• Members of the House of Lords sat by virtue of birth, holding hereditary peerages.• I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June.• With union, new peerages came into being.• Both acts are morally wrong - Edward should not have abused his divine right and curried favour by dishing out peerages.• Prior to union, each kingdom had its own peerage.peer·age nounChineseSyllable
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peerage
peer‧age /ˈpɪərɪdʒ $ ˈpɪr-/
noun
1. the peerage all the British peers considered as a group
2. [countable] the rank of a British peer
peer‧age /ˈpɪərɪdʒ $ ˈpɪr-/
noun1. the peerage all the British peers considered as a group
2. [countable] the rank of a British peer