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baronage

Noun

bar=on=age

WORDNET DICTIONARY

baronage(n = noun.group) peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group; Array

is a kind of aristocracy, nobility

baronage, n. [OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium.].

The whole body of barons or peers. [1913 Webster]
"The baronage of the kingdom." [1913 Webster]
The dignity or rank of a baron. [1913 Webster]
The land which gives title to a baron. [1913 Webster]

baronage, n.
1 barons or nobles collectively.
2 an annotated list of barons or peers.

Etymology

ME f. OF barnage (as BARON)

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