baronies
- plural of barony.
Example Sentences
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It is one of the society’s 20 kingdoms in North America, each of which is subdivided into provinces, baronies and shires.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2018
If individualised, personalised production catches on, it may radically reshape the corporation, with its divisions, baronies and management structures.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2013
That wasn't done long ago because the Times and the ST were rival, unwilling baronies, protected in part by the terms of their fire-sale purchase three decades ago.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2012
The power structure of megacounties is a kind of elective feudalism: a series of petty neighboring baronies lacking the authority and, frequently, the will to police development.
From Time Magazine Archive
During their road trips across Texas together, his brother Joe Bill had always made a point of showing Mike the great football baronies of Texas—Texas A & M, the University of Texas, Baylor.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
