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Webster 1913 Edition
Barony
1.
The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
2.
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. Brande & C.
Webster 1828 Edition
Barony
BAR'ONY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
barony
barony
English
Noun
barony (plural baronies)
- 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.
- a. 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.
- a. 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, 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.
Synonyms
- (administrative division): See hundred
Hyponyms
- (administrative division): See carucate (1/100 barony & for other subdivisions)
Translations
a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness