barony
nounUK /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/
Etymology From Middle English baronie, baronye, from Old French baronie, equivalent to baron + -y.
› The domain of a baron or baroness, usually…
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Ireland, Historical Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
- In Ireland... an head constable for each barony or hundred, being 252.a. 1687, W. Petty, The Political Anatomy of Ireland, page 326:
- The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs... the territory of each constituting a barony.1873, General Report on the Census of England, volume IV, page 181
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Scotland Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
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Obsolete The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
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Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
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Law The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
- Synonyms
- hundred
- Derived terms
- barony by writ, burgh of barony, Evenwood and Barony
- Related terms
- county, duchy, margravate, marquisate, nobility, kingdom, principality, regality, royalty, viscounty
- Hyponyms
- carucate (1⁄100 barony & for other subdivisions)