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baronial.

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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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  • 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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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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