baronage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English barnage, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) barnage, from baron + -age, with the loss of a syllable.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
baronage (plural baronages)
- barons or nobles collectively
- 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], →OCLC:
- the baronage of the kingdom
- an annotated list of barons or peers
- (obsolete) barony, the dignity or rank of a baron
- (obsolete) barony, the land which gives title to a baron
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