Registries which implement studbook selection differ from registries which require only two parents of the proper pedigree or registration status.

The holder of the title "Prince" did so rightfully, and possessed a long and proper noble pedigree.

Tournon had the proper pedigree to conduct such a delicate embassy.

(And with a name like monrho, you know I got the proper pedigree.)

And all with the proper pedigree, Michael thought.

Often referred to as parvenu, members of the nouveau riche are often discriminated against by the "Old Money" sects of society since they "lack the proper pedigree."

They in turn enlisted Philip Johnson as a consultant, to give the project the proper pedigree.

Perhaps she was personally intolerant of Dezi's lack of proper pedigree.

"I do not have the proper pedigree, is that it?"

Damned shame, Horace thought, he didn't have a proper pedigree.