duke; dukedom

baron

Lord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer

ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility

marquis

viscount

Spyker

MG Motor (car manufacturer)

official ranking; titles and honors

to confer a title; to ennoble; to knight; title of nobility

to join the nobility; to rise through the nobility

to bestow a noble title

duchess

to confer a title an official position

promotion to the nobility (idiom)

(idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes

high ranking