Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The domain of a baron.
- noun The rank or dignity of a baron.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rank or dignity of a baron.
- noun The domain of a baron; the territory or lordship of a baron.
- noun In Scotland, a large freehold estate, even though the proprietor is not a baron.
- noun In Ireland, a territorial division corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 316 baronies in the island.
- noun Formerly, the tenure by which a baron held of his superior, namely, military or other honorable service.
- noun The body of barons and other peers; the baronage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
- noun In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English
hundred , and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
dominion ruled by abaron orbaroness , often part of a largerkingdom orempire . - noun A medieval land measure equal to 4000
acres (100 hides).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the estate of a baron
- noun the domain of a baron
- noun the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
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Examples
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The barony is populated by humans, dwarves and gnomes who try to get by in life with simple jobs and adventuring.
back from Maerquin 26 nathreee 2010
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The barony is populated by humans, dwarves and gnomes who try to get by in life with simple jobs and adventuring.
Maerquin 26: De Verlaten Pas nathreee 2010
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The civil centre of the barony was the great farm or grange, with its mill, for in the thirteenth century the Lowlands had water-mills which to the west Highlands were scarcely known in 1745, when the Highland husbandmen were still using the primitive hand-quern of two circular stones.
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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Reavis renamed himself "Peralta-Reavis," and for a while had headquarters for his "barony" at Arizola, a short distance east of Casa Grande, where he maintained his family in state, with his children in royal purple velvet, with monogrammed coronets upon their Russian caps.
Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert James H. McClintock
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The stepmother loathes her late husband’s offspring and detests sharing the fruits of her deceased husband’s barony, which is beneath her needs as it is She also wants to punish Evelinde for being the brave daughter of her despicable dead spouse; so assumes the Scottish aristocratic barbarian will be a perfect brute for Evelinde.
Devil of the Highlands-Lynsay Sands « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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My barony has been a peaceful community, having little need for arms. "
Millennium Everett B. Cole
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According to the preamble, The old Scottish family of Person of Lochlands, Pierson of the barony of Balmadies, Forfarshire, and Pearson of the barony of Kippenross, Dunblane, Perthshire, of which the Hon.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Barony: there are 331 barony divisions in Ireland and this is thought be originally a Norman land unit.
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Civil parishes also vary in size and are grouped together to form a barony.
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The script is by Julian Fellowes, probably the first Oscar-winning writer to have been ennobled — he was made a life peer by being given a barony in the honors list published in November.
Peerless Titles Paul Levy 2011
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