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What (who) is BARONY - definition
barony
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Baronies; Barony (disambiguation); Baronys
(baronies)
A barony is the rank or position of a baron.
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Barony
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Baronies; Barony (disambiguation); Baronys
·noun The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
II. Barony ·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.
barony
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Baronies; Barony (disambiguation); Baronys
¦ noun (plural baronies)
1. the rank and estates of a baron.
2. historical (in Ireland) a division of a county.
3. historical (in Scotland) a large manor or estate.
Examples of use of BARONY
1. His was an old and distinguished, though not particularly rich family, and being a younger son, there was no great likelihood that he would succeed to the Brabourne barony and baronetcy.