peerage
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/ˈpɪrɪdʒ/
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/ˈpɪərɪdʒ/
A group of people who hold titles of nobility, like dukes, earls, and barons.
The Queen invited the entire peerage to the royal garden party.
The title or rank given to a person of nobility, like a duke or a baron.
He was granted a peerage and became the Earl of Highfield.