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Definition of Baronetcy
1. Noun. The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness.
2. Noun. The title of a baron.
Definition of Baronetcy
1. n. The rank or patent of a baronet.
Definition of Baronetcy
1. Noun. the rank of a baronet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baronetcy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Baronetcy
Literary usage of Baronetcy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"... on whom a baronetcy should from time to time devolve, for life. ... then, in
trust for the person on whom the baronetcy should devolve, ..."
2. The Baronage and the Senate: Or, The House of Lords in the Past, the Present by William Charteris Macpherson (1893)
"The 1801 Earl of Rosslyn holds the 1660 baronetcy of Sir Charles Erskine. ...
The 1813 Earl of Minto holds the 1700 baronetcy of Sir Gilbert Elliott, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"DICK baronetcy (4th S. xi. ... In the Herald and Genealogist for October, No.
45, there is an article by “ S.” entirely disposing of this mythic baronetcy. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"His baronetcy gazetted — Marriage of his Daughter Sophia — Letter to " the Baron
of Galashiels" — Visit of Prince Gustavus Vasa at Abbotsford—Tenders of ..."
5. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke (1838)
"... when the baronetcy became EXTINCT. Hie daughter, Л \ M „ »i. ... SIR THOMAS
WILLIAMS, at whose decease in minority the baronetcy devolved on his brother ..."
6. Some Experiences of a Barrister's Life by William Ballantine (1882)
"A MONGST marvelous stories developed in legal proceedings, none in my time have
exceeded the adventures of'the claimant to the Tichborne baronetcy and ..."
7. Little Essays in Literature and Life by Richard Burton (1914)
"... an& tbe baronetcy BARRIE and a baronetcy! Somehow they don't seem to belong.
The whimsical, dear, gifted fellow whose plays and stories have stirred the ..."
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