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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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 J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
He was a knight of the shire, and had refused a baronetage, and, it was said, had his eye on a peerage.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This is scarcely to be wondered at, when beneath one roof were assembled the heirs-presumptive to three dukedoms, two suicidal marquises, an odd archbishop or so, and the flower of the baronetage and clergy.
From The Lunatic at Large by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
About the year 1795 the baronetage was revived, and William Feltram enjoyed the title for fifteen years, as Sir William Mardykes.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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