五ご等とう爵しゃく

noun

five ranks of nobility (Japan, 1869-1947)

Historical term referring to the peerage system established in the Meiji era, consisting of 公爵 (duke), 侯爵 (marquis), 伯爵 (count), 子爵 (viscount), and 男爵 (baron).

See also: 公爵 · 侯爵 · 伯爵 · 子爵 · 男爵

• 五ご等とう爵しゃくは、明めい治じ以い降こうの華か族ぞく制せい度どで用もちいられた。

  The five ranks of nobility were used in the peerage system after the Meiji period.