English Explanatory Dictionary

burgh of barony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A burgh in Scotland, distinct from royal burghs in being granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown.

Word forms

burgh of barony burghs of barony
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