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Meanings of barony in English

Catalan
baronia

The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness.

baronia
Russian
баронство
Portuguese
baronato
Spanish
baronia geografica
Catalan
baronia

Administrative division of a county.

баронство
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Examples for "baronetcy"
Examples for "baronetcy"
1
At the age of thirty or so, Quentin succeeded to the baronetcy.
Our Friend the Charlatan
2
He seems to be a complete blackleg, in spite of his baronetcy.
Ruth
3
It is a pity he should stand between them and the baronetcy.'
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
4
It meant a baronetcy and eight thousand a year, more or less.
Beatrice
5
Sir Bruce had attractions other than his old baronetcy and his coal-mines.
Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
Usage of barony in English
1
It is said that M. de Briges has the barony de Mercoeur.
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
2
My barony has been a peaceful community, having little need for arms.
Millennium
3
The barony in which they lived was the barony of Desmond.
Castle Richmond
4
When my father fled the land, he left a prosperous barony.
Chaosbound
5
Bonfires blazed all over the barony when Gerald rode in, accompanied by Mike.
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
6
The Turrald barony is a parliamentary peerage which descends to a sole daughter.
The Moon Rock
7
They say that the barony goes on, when there is no more Viscount.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
8
The barony of Macumer, not being Spanish territory, remains to me.
Letters of Two Brides
9
I wudna go back, not if they offered me a barony.
Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War
10
The former were peers of the barony; the latter were peers of the realm.
The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
11
Suppose it to exist in your own county, in your own barony and parish.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
12
You are of course aware that there was once a barony in the family.
The Young Duke
13
And his raiding parties could keep the barony in supplies.
Millennium
14
But this also was said in the barony of Kiltartan.
The Kiltartan History Book
15
Rights over the fiefs mouvants of the barony of Blet.
The Ancient Regime
16
Arbattle is the ancient name of the barony of Arbuthnot.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 (of 3) / Consisting ...
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Catalan
baronia
Portuguese
baronato
Barony through the time
Barony across language varieties
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