peerage

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PEE'RAGE, noun [See Peer, an equal.] The rank or dignity of a peer or nobleman. 1. The body of peers.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign