barony

[ bar-uh-nee ]

/ ˈbær ə ni /

the domain of a baron.

Origin of barony

1250–1300; Middle English baronie < Anglo-French, Old French. See baron, -y³

From 1773 to 1777 he studied law, but after succeeding to the barony in 1776 he obtained a commission in the cavalry.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 |Various
Than Macleod, when he left Dalkeith, no pastor was ever better equipped for such a charge as the Barony.

Norman Macleod |John Wellwood
Now this did not suit the views which the minister of the Barony had for years been putting before his congregation.

Norman Macleod |John Wellwood
His generosity (which may have had a political bias) extended even to this remote quarter of the Barony.

The Church of Grasmere |Mary L. Armitt

Whatever the regular troops spared was devoured by bands of marauders who overran almost every barony in the island.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay

barony

/ (ˈbærənɪ) /

the rank or dignity of a baron

a sphere of influence dominated by an industrial magnate or other powerful individual