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baronry ? Obs.|ˈbærənrɪ|
Forms: 5 barunrie, 6 -onrie, barronry, 5– baronry.
[f. baron + -ry; cf. late OF. baronnerie, in same senses.]
1. The domain of a baron; a barony.
c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xviii. 400 Lordschipis of barunries. 1483Cath. Angl. 22/1 Baronry (v.r. Barony), baronia. 1530Dyal. betw. Gent. & Husb. 136 (D.) Many noble baronries & erldomes, With esquyres landes & knightes fees. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 102 When a great man carries the name of his baronry. 1736J. M'Ure Hist. Glasgow (1830) 182 Minister of the baronry church of Glasgow.
2. The rank or dignity of baron.
a1600Earles Chester 43 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 274 Robert fitz Norman..in whose heyre[s] that Barronry succession had 226 yeeres. 1648Prynne Plea for Lords C, By vertue of their Peerage, Baronries, and Offices.
3. The body of barons; the barons collectively.
1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 187 Gentlemen, who had procured those Titles, to perch above the English Baronry. |