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barony

noun

ˈber-ə-nē How to pronounce barony (audio)
Definition of baronynext
as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence no longer is the city's social and cultural life the barony of a few old-line families

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Recent Examples of barony Cyril was promoted by Gladstone from an MP to a barony in 1892. — Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023 Thanks to his accumulation of new wealth, Édouard Louis Joseph Empain was raised to a barony by the Belgian king in 1907. — Jonathan Kirsch, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 His namesake grandfather was a man of modest origins who had received his barony from Belgium’s King Leopold II in recognition of his accomplishments as an industrialist. — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022 When the emperor tired of him, Frank and his followers moved again and took up residence in the German barony of Offenbach, where Frank died several years later. — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barony
  1. area
  2. realm
  3. domain
  4. element
  5. department
  6. kingdom
  7. walk
  8. field
Noun
  • The two missile launches -- about three hours apart -- were conducted from North Korea's eastern coastal Wonsan area.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Democrats want to go back to higher spending and higher costs in all of those areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of area
Noun
  • In 1986, that was totally out of the realm of our understanding.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Other languages The vast size of the Roman realm meant that many languages besides Latin and Greek were spoken there.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of realm
Noun
  • Search for independent complaints or reports that connect the domain to scams.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The bill specifies that blocking requirements would not apply to root nameserver operators and top-level domain registries.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of domain
Noun
  • The team measured 13 rare earth elements, including cerium, ytterbium and lanthanum, and examined whether exposure was associated with birth outcomes.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The film has all these crime-drama elements, and we’re caught up in that tension.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of element
Noun
  • Since joining the program in July 2025, FDLE has announced the arrests of hundreds of immigrants accused of various crimes in days-long operations in which agents collaborated with local police departments and ICE.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Kao was born in Taiwan and has made major donations to engineering departments at University of Kansas and Kansas State.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of department
Noun
  • The native people of this region were not wiped out by smallpox and instead established an independent kingdom that blends a traditional monarchy with Catholicism, thanks to the efforts of some earlier missionaries.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this month, drone attacks attributed by Saudi Arabia to Iraqi militias damaged the kingdom’s East-West pipeline, a key route for moving crude to the Red Sea and allowing Saudi oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of kingdom
Noun
  • Detroit starter Troy Melton (8-5) allowed three runs on four hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings before leaving with a trainer after Antonacci's double.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eaton, 51, faces up to life in prison for the 2023 attack, which left one victim paralyzed from the waist down and two others wounded during a quiet holiday weekend walk.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of walk
Noun
  • The Justice Department, for instance, decimated its elite Public Integrity Section in early 2025 while the FBI disbanded a white-collar fraud and public corruption squad based out of its Washington field office.
    — PATRICK WHITTLE, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This had nothing to do with work on the field, but rather a promotion for how the team is about to honor its past.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of field

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“Barony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barony. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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