Commons
Commons noun - The body of the community as contrasted with the elite.
Usage example: the aristocracy feared what would happen if the commons were enfranchised
Nearby Word: common
Peerage
Peerage noun - The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
Both words in one sentence
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Home decided he'd best be PM from the Commons, resigned his peerage (he had a knighthood too) and was parachuted in to a vacant seat in a by-election.
Source: Useful Notes / Alec Douglas-Home -
The king turned to Baldwin to become prime minister, setting a precedent which continues to this day; no subsequent prime minister has come from the House of Lords (Sir Alec Douglas-Home, a future Tory leader, would renounce his peerage and stand for a Commons seat when he was called to the palace).
Source: Useful Notes / Stanley Baldwin - Walpole continued to be an influential figure in the House of Commons; he was especially active in opposing one of the Government's more significant proposals, the Peerage Bill, which would have limited the power of the monarch to create new peerages.
Source: Useful Notes / Robert Walpole
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