ba·ro·ni·al

[buh-roh-nee-uhl]
adjective
1.
pertaining to a baron or barony or to the order of barons.
2.
befitting a baron: living in baronial splendor.

Origin:
1760–70; barony + -al1

non·ba·ro·ni·al, adjective
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baronial (bəˈrəʊnɪəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
of, relating to, or befitting a baron or barons

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Baronial is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Example sentences
The place feels dressy, but in a relaxed, baronial kind of way.
Every trade route was flanked by fortifications whence baronial exactions could
  be levied on the traders.
In this form it is supposed they were sung or recited at the feasts of princes
  and knights in their baronial halls.
Baronial staircases connect the public rooms, situated on three floors.
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