Hypertext Webster Gateway: "baronage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Baronage \Bar"on*age\, n. [OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage,
F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium.]
1. The whole body of barons or peers.
The baronage of the kingdom. --Bp. Burnet.
2. The dignity or rank of a baron.
3. The land which gives title to a baron. [Obs.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baronage
n : the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: {peerage}]
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