baronial

[buh-roh-nee-uhl]

adjective

1. pertaining to a baron or barony or to the order of barons.

2. befitting a baron.

   living in baronial splendor.

baronial

/ bəˈrəʊnɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or befitting a baron or barons

Other Word Forms

• nonbaronial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of baronial¹

First recorded in 1760–70; barony + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Frederick Douglass depicted his plantation in Maryland as resembling “what the baronial domains were during the Middle Ages in Europe.”

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It will hang in Drapers’ Hall, the group’s baronial quarters in London’s financial district, which has a gallery of monarchs from King George III to Queen Victoria.

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It will hang in Drapers’ Hall, the company’s baronial quarters in London’s financial district, which has a gallery of monarchs from King George III to Queen Victoria.

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It houses the Garrick Club, one of Britain’s oldest men’s clubs, and on any given weekday, a lunch table in its baronial dining room is one of the hottest tickets in town.

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The property was built more than 170 years ago in a Scottish baronial style, a type of elaborate architecture featuring complex rooflines with turrets and fortress-like battlements.

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