Sentence:  The families that left the village in the dead of niot were headed westward to a new <WSD>peerdom</WSD> beyond the reach of peers and lashers — a <WSD>peerdom</WSD> of one- namers, a <WSD>peerdom</WSD> where they could manage their own affairs, educate their children, and guarantee a full measure of freedom to all.Webster 1913 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Peers as a group; peerage.