Barony

Definitions: Barony

Barony

Noun

1. The estate of a baron.

2. The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness.

3. The domain of a baron.

Date "barony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Etymology: Barony \Bar"o*ny\, noun; plural Baronies. [Old French expression baronie, French baronnie, Late Latin expression baronia. See Baron.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Barony

Synonym: baronetcy (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Barony

English words defined with "barony": Baronies ♦ Domina. (references)

Specialty definitions using "barony": Substitution of Service. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Barony

Domain	Title
Books	Dark Realms Barony Of Chaos (reference) English Place-Name Society: Volume 42, The Place-Names of Westmorland, Part 1, Introduction, River-and-Lake-Names, Road-Names, Barony of Kendall (reference) Merion in the Welsh Tract With Sketches of the Townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and Genealogical Collections Concerning the Welsh Barony in the Province of Pennsylvania Settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682 ; Partially indexed (reference) Murder at Hobcaw Barony (reference) Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony (Johns Hopkins University Studies in the Social Sciences 61st Series 1943, 3) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Barony

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	If anyone holding of some escheat (such as the honor of Wallingford, Nottingham, Boulogne, Lancaster, or of other escheats which are in our hands and are baronies) shall die, his heir shall give no other relief, and perform no other service to us than he would have done to the baron if that barony had been in the baron's hand; and we shall hold it in the same manner in which the baron held it. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Barony

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The republic is sauce to the barony.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Barony

"Barony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.22% of the time. "Barony" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.22%	35	58,339
Noun (proper)	2.78%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	36	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Barony

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
barony beach club	20
barony	6
barony beach	4
barony scottish	4
barony hobcaw	4
barony marriott	3
barony feudal scottish	3
barony golf	2
barony beach resort	2
barony stonemarche	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Barony

Language		Translations for "barony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		baronie. (various references)

Albanian		titull i baronit (baronage). (various references)

Arabic		‏البارونية, ‏رتبة بارون. (various references)

Bulgarian		баронство (baronage). (various references)

Czech		baronství. (various references)

Dutch		baronie. (various references)

Esperanto		baronlando. (various references)

French		baronnie. (various references)

German		Herrschaftsgebiet (dominion, territory). (various references)

Greek		βαρονεία. (various references)

Hebrew		רוז� ות. (various references)

Hungarian		báróság, bárói birtok. (various references)

Italian		baronia. (various references)

Manx		barranys. (various references)

Papiamen		baronia. (various references)

Pig Latin		aronybay.(various references)

Portuguese		baronia. (various references)

Romanian		titlu de baron, domeniile unui baron. (various references)

Russian		владения барона. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		baronstvo (baronage, baronetcy). (various references)

Spanish		baronía (baronage). (various references)

Swedish		baroni. (various references)

Turkish		baronluk (baronage), baron payesi. (various references)

Ukranian		титул барона (baronage), ма�"ток барона, баронство (baronage). (various references)

Vietnamese		lãnh địa của nam tước tước nam. (various references)

Welsh		barwniaeth. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Barony

Misspellings
	"Barony" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bajrani, balony, Barani, baray, bareon, barjonna, barnon, barny, Baroin, baronie, baronne, baronyx, Barrani, bartoni, Barzona, berani, berny, Borondy, brauny, broncy, Bruny, narodni, Narodnie, Oborony, parony, Raboni, Sarony. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Barony"

Words rhyming with "barony" (pronounced 'Bar"o*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny, Cormogeny, Cormophylogeny, Cosmogony, Counter-compony, Crony, Crystallogeny, Cytogeny, Destiny, Diplostemony, Discompany, Disharmony, Dissentany, Dittany, Dunny, Egophony, Electrogeny, Embryogeny, Embryogony, Endogeny, Epiphany, Eugeny, Euphony, Felony, Fenny, Finny, Geminy, Geogony, Get-penny, Goldfinny, granny, Gyronny, Haemony, Hap'penny, hegemony, Hemicrany, Heterogeny, Heterogony, Heterophony, Hexagony, Histogeny, Hominy, homogeny, Homogony, homophony, Hymenogeny, Ideogeny, Incony, Ingeny, Inharmony, Isostemony, Johnny, larceny, Laryngophony, Lickpenny, litany, luny, mahogany, Mateotechny, matrimony, misogyny, Mnemotechny, Monembryony, Monogeny, monogyny, monotony, Morphogeny, Mullagatawny, Mulligatawny, Nanny, Ninny, Nonny, Nymphomany, Obdiplostemony, Odontogeny, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Organogeny, Organy, Oriskany, Orthophony, Outzany, Oxyphony, Parsimony, Parthenogeny, Pathogeny, Patrimony, Patrociny, Peony, Philogyny, Photogeny, Photophony, Physiogeny, Physiogony, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pneumony, Polony, Polychoerany, Polyembryony, Polygony, Polygyny, Polyphony, Predestiny, Prestimony, Progeny, Prytany, Puisny, Pyrotechny, Querimony, Quiddany, Radiophony, Ranny, Raphany, Romany, sanctimony, Sanny, Satanophany, Saxony, scammony, Scranny, Scrapepenny, scrawny, shanny, simony, sixpenny, skinny, Sny, Sporogony, Stramony, Strany, Subitany, Subterrany, Surdiny, Swanny, Sweeny, symphony, synchrony, Syntony, Tautophony, tawny, Telegony, telephony, Teratogeny, tetany, Theogony, theophany, Third-penny, threepenny, Thunny, Thymiatechny, Tiffany, tinny, tiny, Tony, True-penny, tunny, Twelvepenny, twopenny, Tympany, Tyny, tyranny, uncanny, Vadimony, Vilany, Vinny, Zebrinny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Barony

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: baryon.
	Words within the letters "a-b-n-o-r-y"
	-1 letter: barny, baron, boyar, rayon.
	-2 letters: barn, boar, bony, bora, born, bran, bray, nary, orby, roan, yarn.
	-3 letters: abo, aby, any, arb, ban, bar, bay, boa, boy, bra, bro, nab, nay, nob, nor, oar, ora, orb, ran, ray, rob, rya, yar, yob, yon.
	-4 letters: ab, an, ar, ay, ba, bo, by, na, no, on, or, oy, ya, yo.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-n-o-r-y"
	+1 letter: baryons.
	+2 letters: baryonic, barytone, blazonry, boneyard, boundary, bryozoan, carbonyl, corybant, nabobery.
	+3 letters: baronetcy, barytones, boneyards, bryozoans, carbonyls, corybants, embryonal, honorably, myrobalan, nonbinary.
	+4 letters: abnormally, absorbancy, absorbency, antibaryon, barleycorn, carbonylic, corybantes, corybantic, debonairly, emblazonry, incubatory, inexorably, loganberry, myrobalans, nonlibrary, pardonably, reasonably, rowanberry, urbanology.
	+5 letters: abhorrently, ablutionary, abnormality, absorbingly, antibaryons, backcountry, barleycorns, binocularly, bronchially, chrysarobin, combinatory, conformably, cybernation, embryonated, hydrocarbon, hyperborean, intolerably, keyboarding, libationary, nonverbally, observantly, rhabdomancy, salmonberry, subcontrary, subnormally, treasonably, unfavorably, unmemorably.
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