Barony
Barony ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old French baronie, French baronnie, Late Latin baronia. See Baron.]
1.
The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.
2.
In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner. — Brande & C