襲しゅう爵しゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

succession to a peerage; inheriting a title of nobility

Formal, historical term referring to the act of inheriting a noble rank or title, such as in the former kazoku system. Used both as a noun and as a suru-verb.

• 彼かれは父ちちの死し後ご、伯はく爵しゃくを襲しゅう爵しゃくした。

  He succeeded to the title of count after his father's death.

• 襲しゅう爵しゃくの儀ぎ式しきは厳