noun.
The rank or dignity of a baron.
noun.
The domain of a baron; the territory or lordship of a baron.
noun.
In Scotland, a large freehold estate, even though the proprietor is not a baron.
noun.
In Ireland, a territorial division corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 316 baronies in the island.
noun.
Formerly, the tenure by which a baron held of his superior, namely, military or other honorable service.
noun.
The body of barons and other peers; the baronage.