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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Barony
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(1):
(n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
(2):
(n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner.