How To Use peeress In A Sentence
- She would then approach the Monarch, curtseying as low as possible "so as almost to kneel and the Queen kisses her on the forehead if she is a peeress or peer's daughter, or extends her hand to be kissed, if the lady is a commoner. Archive 2009-02-01
- I mind one super-tunic she gave me, but half worn, "-- this was said impressively, for a garment only _half worn_ was considered a fit gift from one peeress to another --" of blue damask, all set with silver buttons, and broidered with ladies 'heads along the border. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
- Her portrait - in peeress' robes with the key of office at her waist - is dated 1705.
- Brown is obviously not terribly impressed by the talent he has available in his own party, as judged by the stories of his offering a number of posts to prominent Lib-Dem peers such as Paddy Ashdown and Lord Carlile; according to press reports he was also keen to offer the health portfolio to the Lib-Dem peeress Rabbi Julia Neuberger. Another Rebuff for Gordon Brown
- She has exercised power in her own sphere as a peeress in her own right a rare and, for most men of the time, unsettling creature but it is not until she sees the glitter and intrigue at court that she both fully comes to appreciate her place in that world and grows up some. REVIEW: Devilish by Jo Beverley
- Thus equipped, she was crowned, with all the trumpets sounding; and, though our account does not mention it, no doubt all the peers and peeresses put on their coronets at that moment.
- She has exercised power in her own sphere as a peeress in her own right a rare and, for most men of the time, unsettling creature but it is not until she sees the glitter and intrigue at court that she both fully comes … 2007 April 18 | Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary
- The fact Broon has had to scour round and replace her with a peeress proves that. FLINT SHOWS SOME SPARKS
- She's a peeress in her own right , ie not merely by marriage to a peer.
- The Peerage Act 1963 allowed hereditary peers to disclaim their peerages for life, admitted hereditary peeresses in their own right into the house, and gave membership to all peers of Scotland.