Definition of "peerages" [peerages]

• Plural form of peerage. (noun)

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• "Blair's latest list of proposed peerages is really turning into his very own version of Wilson's Lavender List."
• "The report states term peerages with a "clearly-defined" time limit should become the only form of new addition to the Lords."
• "The police inquiry was opened last month in response to a complaint by Scottish nationalist MPs that Labour had broken the law, which forbids the sale of honours such as peerages and knighthoods."