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barony - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

barony (plural baronies)

• The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
  • (historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
    • ✤ In Ireland… an head constable for each barony or hundred, being 252.¹
    • ✤ The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs… the territory of each constituting a barony.²
  • (Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner’s rank.
• (obsolete) The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
• Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
• (law) The legal tenure of a baron’s land; military tenure.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbæ.ɹə.ni/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. a. 1687, W. Petty, The Political Anatomy of Ireland, page 326: ↩

2. 1873, General Report on the Census of England, volume IV, page 181: ↩

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