ancienne noblesse, baronage, chivalry, elite, high life, knightage, noblesse, old nobility, the the classes, upper crust, upper ten thousand
Definitionn. the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Last update: September 27, 2015
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But when Dorset was replaced by the duke of Devonshire in 1755, Boyle was raised to the peerage as earl of Shannon and received a pension, and other members of the opposition also obtained pensions or places; and the archbishop, finding himself excluded from power, went into opposition to the government in alliance with John Ponsonby. [Please select]
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Hence his peerage. [Please select]
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I may add that the peerage, male and female, is represented. [Please select]
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"Consorting with members of the Peerage," said Addie airily. [Please select]
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A bill was also passed in the Chamber of Deputies abolishing hereditary peerage, though opposed by Guizot, Thiers, and Berryer. [Please select]
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He was the son of a commoner who had been raised to the peerage. [Please select]
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It will be remembered that the peerage originated with the Norman Conquest. [Please select]
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The peerage must have unique rules by which to frame its standards. [Please select]
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Perhaps in the peerage, as in every other class, there are all sorts and conditions of mind and heart. [Please select]
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An English peerage, descending only to the eldest son, is more in the nature of an office. [Please select]
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Yet William, with his position in the country, his high ability, and the social weight belonging to the heir of the Tranmore peerage and estates, was surely not a person to be lightly ignored. [Please select]
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