单词 | baronage |
释义 | baronagen. 1. a. The body of barons collectively; the great vassals of the Crown; the nobles, lords, peerage. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > baron or baroness > [noun] > baron > body of barons barony1297 baronagea1300 barnéc1375 baronady1587 baronrya1652 a1300 Floriz & Bl. 639 After his barnage he haþ isend. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8016 Bath to þe and to þi barnage. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4649 Al þat barunage, less and mare. c1400 Rom. Rose 5815 The baronage to councel went. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 269 With all hurre faderes holle barnage. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 86 All oure barnage into bandone brocht. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxv. 110 Ciuill warres betwixt the King and Barronage. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lviii. 174 The Judges in this Court were the Baronage of England. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer i. 5 The greatest Part of the Baronage was summoned to Parliament. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 317 That authority which had belonged to the baronage of England ever since the foundation of the monarchy. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1882) ii. §4. 71 The most turbulent baronage in Christendom. b. figurative applied to: The angels. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > race of or collectively angelkindc1175 baronage1340 hierarchyc1380 host or hosts of heaven1382 angelity1652 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 58 Beuore god and al þe baronage of heuene. c. elliptical. A list of the barons; a book containing such a list with historical and other particulars; a ‘Peerage’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of baron barony1297 baronryc1449 baronage1475 1475 Bk. Noblesse (1860) 55 The governaunce of..a roiaume, dukedom, erledom, barnage, or seignourie. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cii. 84 The saxons helden the Countees, baronages, lordshippes..in maner as the britons byfore tyme had compaced hem. 3. The dignity or rank of a baron. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > baron or baroness > [noun] > rank or dignity of baronady1586 baronry?a1600 baronage1614 baronetship1661 baronetage1765 barony1788 baronetcy1812 baronethood1869 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 290 All Dignities aboue Baron is included in the Baronage. 1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 94 The dignity of Baronage unto them descended by women. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > feudal homage or allegiance > [noun] > specific baronage1671 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 436 By the Bond of his homage or Baronage to do all things as his Baron..to be his Liege-man, and more extraordinary Subject. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] > type of subsidy1422 subsidy?a1425 baronage1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Baronage, a Tax, or Subsidy of Aid, to be levied for the King out the Precincts of Baronies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300 |
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