bar·ony /ˈbærəni/
 男爵的領地;財閥;郡


 Bar·o·ny n.; pl. Baronies
 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.
 2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd.
 3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl.

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 barony
      n 1: the estate of a baron
      2: the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
         [syn: baronetcy]
      3: the domain of a baron