barony

Etymology
From, , from , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire.
 * , an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
 * 1) * 1873, General Report on the Census of England, volume IV, page 181:
 * The Baronies appear to have been formed successively on the submission of the Irish chiefs... the territory of each constituting a barony.
 * 1)  Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
 * 2)  The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
 * 3) Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
 * 4)  The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
 * 1)  The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.

Synonyms

 * See hundred

Hyponyms

 * See carucate ($1/undefined$ barony & for other subdivisions)

Derived terms

 * burgh of barony

Translations

 * Arabic: بارونِيَّة
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: baroni
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: baronio, baronujo, baronlando
 * French:
 * Galician: baronía
 * German: Baronie, Baronat
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ברונות
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: barúntacht
 * Middle Irish: barúntacht
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: baronija
 * Middle English: baronie
 * Persian: بارون‌نشین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: baroni, friherrskap
 * Turkish:


 * Irish: mainéar