baronage
[bar-uh-nij]
- the entire British peerage, including all dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons.
- Also barony. the dignity or rank of a baron.
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Origin of baronage
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But the crown was still stronger than any force of the baronage.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8)John Richard Green
From the first his aim was to free the Crown from the control of the baronage.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8)John Richard Green
But the baronage or squirearchy of the country were of another mind.
But the Baronage or Squirearchy of the country were of another mind.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
And as there was no "people," so in the mediæval sense of the word there was no "baronage."
Stray Studies from England and ItalyJohn Richard Greene
baronage
- barons collectively
- the rank or dignity of a baron
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