barony
IPA: bˈɛrʌni
noun
- The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
- (historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
- (Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
- (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.
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Examples of "barony" in Sentences
- Upon her decease, her son inherited the barony.
- The Earldom went extinct and the Barony abeyant.
- He is a co heir to the abeyant barony of Grandison.
- The 8th baron was attainted and the barony forfeited in 1691.
- The barony was one of the former possessions of the Colt family.
- The barony of Strange remained in abeyance for the next 327 years.
- At the death of fifteenth baron, the barony fell into abeyance in 1697.
- On 13 November 1871, the abeyance of the barony was terminated in her favour.
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