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peerage

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peer⋅age

  [peer-ij]
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–noun
1. the body of peers of a country or state.
2. the rank or dignity of a peer.
3. a book listing the peers and giving their genealogies.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME perage. See peer 1 , -age
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peer·age   (pîr'ĭj)   
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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