| 词汇 | peerage |
| 释义 | peerage noun uk /ˈpɪə.rɪdʒ/ us /ˈpɪr.ɪdʒ/ [ Cusually singular ] the position of being a peer: 贵族身份，贵族爵位 She was given a peerage.她被授予贵族头衔。 He was elevated to the peerage after distinguished service in industry.在工业界做出杰出贡献后，他晋升贵族。 the peerage[ S, + sing/pl verb ] the group of people who are peers, either because of their families or because they are life peers（统称）贵族 [ C ] a book containing information about peers who are not life peers and their family history贵族名册 Royalty, aristocracy & titles accede to something accession anointed anti-monarchical anti-monarchist duke dukedom earl earldom emir miss mister monarch monarchist morganatic royally Rt. Hon. Shah sheikh sire You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Books: reference books Examples of peeragepeerage Of course, the use of peerages to accomplish political ends was not new. The demand for peerages increased as rents rose. The awarding of peerages to politicians and other servants of the state was not a new phenomenon. Of the 109 nonmagnates created between 1704 and 1847, twenty-four peerages were extinct by 1873 when data on landownership was compiled. With union, new peerages came into being. A new peerage had emerged, which helped to save the old. The nature of the parliamentary peerage had been fixed by 1450; certain peers were by then entitled to a summons. There is no reason to suppose that the rest of the propertied classes were any more heavily burdened than the peerage. As part of faculty development, those who would call themselves "professor" must deal with issues of professionalism among their peerage. Since then however, the invariable mode of appointment has been the conferment of a peerage by letters patent. Exceptionally, however, a peerage could be conferred or devolve upon a daughter or other heir. A new peerage emerged to help save the old. The monarch did not and does not need statutory authority to appoint life peers- a peerage can be conferred on any terms thought fit. No previous analysis of recruitment to the peerage has been based on such extensive and systematic research into family histories over so long a period. Indeed, by the late eighteenth century two different trends had emerged within the overall pattern of peerage creations. See all examples of peerage These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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