释义 |
baronybar‧on‧y /ˈbærəni/ noun (plural baronies) [countable]  - He was overlord of vast lands hereabouts, the only earl south-east of Forth, feudal superior over many lordships and baronies.
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary - Law Lords - receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled.
- Rivers, through his marriage to the heiress of the Scales barony, held a significant block of land in Norfolk.
- Some time, then, during the intervening years, he had been granted a barony.
- The Duke's lesser titles include a couple of earldoms, a barony or two and the lordship of Eskdale.
- These were known as burghs of barony and regality.
- Victor Matthews, Trafalgar's vice-chairman, was in the familiar self-made baron mould and duly acquired his barony from Mrs Thatcher.
- With the exception of the estates of the anciently-established monasteries, these new baronies do not reflect the earlier estate arrangements.
the rank of baron |