None of these were particularly suitable as a Baron under the bylaw, however, the following were raised to the peerage: Shinto priests of local areas, especially from the old families (the Arakita family of Ise Jingu Shrine, Kawabe family, Matsumoto family of Ise Jingu Shrine, Aso family of Aso-jinja Shrine, Itouzu family and Miyanari family of Usa-jingu Shrine, Ono family of Hinomisaki-jinja Shrine, Kaneko family of Mononobe-jinja Shrine (in Ota city), the Ki family of Hinokuma-jingu Shrine and Kunikakasu-jingu Shrine, Kitajima family and Sen family of Izumo-taisha Shrine, Senshu family of Atsuta-jingu Shrine, the Tsumori family of Sumiyoshitaisha Shrine, Takachiho family of Tendai Shugen zasu (head priest of the temple) of Hikosan; Family names in bold letters indicate that they were kuninomiyatsuko (the heads of local governments), and Buddhist priests' families which inherited positions (the Kibe family, the chief abbot of the Kibe school of Jodo Shinshu - the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism, the Shibuya family, the chief abbot of the Shibuya school of Jodo Shinshu, and the Hanazono family, the chief abbot of the Kosho-ji Temple of Jodo Shinshu).
特に内規としてあてはまるものはなかったが、各地の神職のうち特に古い家柄のもの（伊勢神宮荒木田家・河辺家、伊勢神宮松木家、阿蘇神社阿蘇家、宇佐神宮到津家・宮成家、日御碕神社小野家、物部神社(大田市)金子家、日前神宮・國懸神宮紀家、出雲大社北島家・千家家、熱田神宮千秋家、住吉大社津守家、英彦山天台修験座主高千穂家。太字は国造家）、及び僧職のうち血縁によって職を世襲している家（浄土真宗木辺派管長木辺家、同渋谷派管長渋谷家、同高田派管長常盤井家、同興正寺派管長華園家）は華族に列せられた。