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Meaning Of Barony
n.
The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or
rank of a baron.
n.
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 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an
extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.