baronial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   large, grand, and imposing in a way associated with a wealthy noble's home

   They entered a baronial dining hall lined with portraits.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to a baron or barons

   The archive preserves records of baronial estates and titles.

Formed from baron, via Old French baron, plus the adjective-forming suffix -ial. Its literal sense is ‘of a baron’; its common descriptive sense developed from the grandeur associated with barons' residences.

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