Definition of Baronage

1. Noun. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.

Exact synonyms: Peerage
Generic synonyms: Aristocracy, Nobility
Member holonyms: Lady, Noblewoman, Peeress, Peer

Definition of Baronage

1. n. The whole body of barons or peers.

Definition of Baronage

1. Noun. Barons or nobles collectively ¹

2. Noun. an annotated list of barons or peers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baronage

1. the rank of a baron [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baronage

barometer
barometers
barometre
barometres
barometric
barometric pressure
barometrical
barometrically
barometries
barometrograph
barometrographs
barometry
baron
baron and femme
baronage (current term)
baronages
baronduki
baroness
baronesses
baronet
baronetage
baronetages
baronetcies
baronetcy
baronetise
baronetize
baronets
barong
barongs

Literary usage of Baronage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"The baronage of England, by John Selden MS. Hatton Collection. The priviledges of the baronage of England when they sitt in Parliament. ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"The baronage of England : or, an historical Account of the Lives and most ... Hunter, in his History of Hallamshire, characterizes the baronage as a work ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"216-23 ; Dugdale's baronage, i. 141-3 ; Dug- dale's Monasticon, TÍ. ... baronage, i. 140). He was among the famous warriors présentât the siege of ..."

4. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"baronage OF IRELAND. ... an alteration was effected In the rights of the English baronage, ... we wili proceed with the MS. entitled “ baronage of ..."

5. The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development by William Stubbs (1877)
"It is less easy to determine, either by date or by political cause, the circumstances that ultimately defined the estate of the baronage, drawing the line ..."

6. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1892)
"This conclusion is important when I come to ask what The barmi- gave a right of summons to the assembly of the baronage in ..."

7. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"Up to 1295, the baronage played a very important part in English history, being continually in opposition to the Crown. 1074. In 1074, the struggle began ..."

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