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おごそかに執とり行おこなわれた。

  The ceremony of succession to the peerage was solemnly held.