peerage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

peerage
    n 1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn:
         {peerage}, {baronage}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Peerage \Peer"age\, n. [See {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Parage}.]
   1. The rank or dignity of a peer. --Blackstone.
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   2. The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.
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            When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "peerage":
      FFVs, ancienne noblesse, aristocracy, baronage, baronetage,
      chivalry, elect, elite, haut monde, high life, high society,
      knightage, nobility, noblesse, noblesse de robe, old nobility,
      royalty, the Four Hundred, the classes, upper classes, upper crust,
      upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut

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