noun
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the order of baronets; baronets collectively
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the rank of a baronet; baronetcy
Etymology
Origin of baronetage
Example Sentences
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By-the-bye, I give you joy of your baronetage.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Edgeworth, Maria
There was no chance of anyone coming forward to claim the family honours, and the name of Strahan was dropped out of the book of the baronetage of England for ever.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
She did not seem at all impressed with the fact that she was talking to a member of the baronetage.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
Thomas, a lineal descendant, succeeded to the baronetage on the death of Sir Charles Barrow in p. 189January, 1789, by limitation of the patent.
From The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account by Nicholls, H. G. (Henry George)
The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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