Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Peerage \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.

Source : WordNet®

peerage
     n : the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: {baronage}]