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Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom..

Vavasor :: Vavasor (n.) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron..

Domina :: Domina (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.

Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..

Baronies :: Baronies (pl. ) of Baron.

Barony :: Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron..

Tolt :: Tolt (n.) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.

Baronetage :: Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.

Knight Baro-net :: Knight baro-net () See Baronet.

Baroness :: Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts..

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to a baron.

Baron :: Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife..

Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..

Barony :: Barony (n.) 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..

Napier''s Rods :: Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division..

Covert Baron :: Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.

Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..

Chief Baron :: Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

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