Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
- noun Barons considered as a group.
- noun The rank or dignity of a baron.
- noun A list of barons.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The whole body of British barons; formerly, the nobility or peerage in general.
- noun The dignity or rank of a baron.
- noun The land which gives title to a baron; a barony.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The whole body of barons or peers.
- noun The dignity or rank of a baron.
- noun obsolete The land which gives title to a baron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Barons or nobles collectively
- noun an annotated list of barons or peers
- noun obsolete The dignity or rank of a baron.
- noun obsolete The land which gives title to a baron.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, while in most of the new monarchies of Europe the subjection or humiliation of the baronage was a primary article of policy, John tried to win his way by lavish gifts of land, while resolutely checking feudalism in government, curtailing local immunities, and guarding the liberties of the towns against noble usurpers.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911
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This concept of aristocracy was highly flattering to an already dominant elite, which, since the eleventh century, had been called the 'baronage', 'nobility' and latterly 'the peerage'.
'Aristocrats' 2010
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He ruled those women by virtue of his superior mentality, his great wealth, and the high place he occupied in the commercial baronage of Hawaii.
The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii:The House of Pride 2010
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Warden, the young wife of John Van Warden, clad in rags, with marred and scarred and toil-calloused hands, bending over the campfire and doing scullion work-she, Vesta, who had been born to the purple to greatest baronage of wealth the world has ever known.
Page 4 2010
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And those three, one royal, two from the ranks of the baronage, the only women in this precinct among the entire nobility of the land.
A River So Long 2010
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King Stephen waited to attend High Mass before gathering all his baronage about him and setting forth briskly for Oxford.
A River So Long 2010
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There are among the baronage some families who use several personal variations among their many members and branches.
A River So Long 2010
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Avenel carries his crest so much above those of the neighbouring baronage, and how it is that men, by valour and wisdom, work their way from the hoddin-gray coat to the cloak of scarlet and gold.
The Abbot 2008
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Then called he all the baronage together to wit what was the best counsel.
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So when the king was come thither with all his baronage, and lodged as they seemed best, there was come a damosel the which was sent on message from the great lady Lile of Avelion.
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