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bar⋅on⋅age

  [bar-uh-nij]
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–noun
1. the entire British peerage, including all dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons.
2. Also, barony. the dignity or rank of a baron.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME barunage < AF (see baron, -age ); r. ME barnage < OF
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bar·on·age   (bār'ə-nĭj)   
n.  
  1. The peers of a kingdom considered as a group.
  2. Barons considered as a group.
  3. The rank or dignity of a baron.
  4. A list of barons.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Baronage

Bar"on*age\, n. [OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium.]

1. The whole body of barons or peers.

The baronage of the kingdom. --Bp. Burnet.

2. The dignity or rank of a baron.

3. The land which gives title to a baron. [Obs.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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