(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:52:32

Peer"age (?), n. [See Peer an equal, and cf. Parage.]

1.

The rank or dignity of a peer.

Blackstone.

2.

The body of peers; the nobility, collectively.

When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton.

 

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