Sentence:  This is by no means an implication that the successful are tyrannical oppressors, and the mediocre deluded serfs, for there are probably more men in the present House of Lords who need no patent of nobility to make good their claim to leadership than in our <WSD>bullionized</WSD> Senate. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To make or become noble or of high quality.