Dictionary entry

Baronage

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bar″on‐age (�), n. [OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium.] 1. The whole body of barons or peers.

The baronage of the kingdom.

Bp. Burnet.

2. The dignity or rank of a baron.

3. The land which gives title to a baron.