叙じょ爵しゃく

noun

conferring a peerage; ennoblement

Formal term for the act of granting a noble rank or peerage. Used in historical or ceremonial contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには、功こう績せきのあった者ものに叙じょ爵しゃくが行おこなわれた。

  In the Meiji period, peerages were conferred on those who had rendered distinguished service.