MEANING
1. Belonging to a baron, a barony, or the rights and institutions associated with that rank.
2. Large, imposing, or furnished in a style suggesting an aristocratic mansion.
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Words that belong together
- baronial rights
- a baronial estate
- baronial authority
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The dispute concerned baronial rights rather than the boundary itself.
Her family retained the baronial title after most of the estate had been sold.
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- baronial
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually non-gradable for rank; more baronial and most baronial may compare grandeur or style. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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