baronage, barnage (age = ig)

[Eng. baron; age. In Fr. barronage; O. Fr. barnage, barnaige, barnez; Prov. barnaige = baronage; Ital. baronnaggio = barony.] 1. The barons of England viewed collectively; the whole body of barons. "That authority which had belonged to the bar on monarchy."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , chap. xix. age of England ever since the foundation of the 2. The dignity, status, or position of a baron. 3. The land or territory from which a baron derives his title. 4. A book containing a list of the barons; a Peerage.