Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barony"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barony \Bar"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Baronies}. [OF. baronie, F.
baronnie, LL. baronia. See {Baron}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barony
n 1: the estate of a baron
2: the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
[syn: {baronetcy}]
3: the domain of a baron
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