baronage

English

Etymology

From Middle English barnage, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) barnage, from baron + -age, with the loss of a syllable.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbæɹənɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

baronage (plural baronages)

  1. 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
  2. an annotated list of barons or peers
  3. (obsolete) barony, the dignity or rank of a baron
  4. (obsolete) barony, the land which gives title to a baron
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