Dictionary

barony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English baronie, baronye, from Old French baronie, equivalent to baron + -y.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, historical) The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire. ▸ Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
   • The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs... the territory of each constituting a barony. 1873, General Report on the Census of England, volume IV, page 181
   • In Ireland... an head constable for each barony or hundred, being 252. a. 1687, W. Petty, The Political Anatomy of Ireland, page 326:
2. (Scotland) The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire. ▸ Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
3. (obsolete) The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
4. Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
5. The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.

Forms

Deriveds

Evenwood and Barony · burgh of barony · barony by writ

Hyponyms

carucate (1⁄100 barony & for other subdivisions) (administrative division)

Relateds

nobility · regality · margravate · county · principality · royalty · kingdom · marquisate · duchy · viscounty

Synonyms

hundred · hundred (administrative division)

Translations (33)

sv baroni (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · es baronía (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · el βαρονία (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · it baronia (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ru поме́стье (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ru име́ние (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · tr baronluk (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · eo baronlando (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ru владе́ние (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · fa باروننشین (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · de Baronie (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · eo baronio (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · he ברונות (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · de Baronat (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · eo baronujo (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · enm baronie (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · fi paronikunta (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · gl baronía (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · fr baronnie (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · nl baronie (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · hu báróság (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ga barúntacht (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ga mainéar (any large manor or estate in Scotland) · pt baronato (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · sv friherrskap (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ca baronia (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · da baroni (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · lt baronija (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ru во́тчина (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · pl baronia (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · pt baronia (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · ar بارونِيَّة (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness) · mga barúntacht (a dominion ruled by a baron or baroness)