barony
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/
barony (plural baronies)
- The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
- (historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred#English|hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
- ante 1687 W. Petty, The Political Anatomy of Ireland, page 326:
- In Ireland... an head constable for each barony or hundred, being 252.
- 1873, General Report on the Census of England, volume IV, page 181:
- The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs... the territory of each constituting a barony.
- ante 1687 W. Petty, The Political Anatomy of Ireland, page 326:
- (Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
- (historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred#English|hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
- (obsolete) The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
- Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
- (law) The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
- (administrative division) See hundred
- French: baronnie
- German: Baronie, Baronat
- Italian: baronia
- Portuguese: baronato, baronia
- Russian: во́тчина
- Spanish: baronía
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