[f. as prec. + -CY.] A baronet’s position or rank; a baronet’s patent.
1812. Examiner, 22 Nov., 745/1. The gross partiality displayed in the advancement of the Proprietor of the Morning Herald to a Baronetcy.
1845. Disraeli, Sybil (1863), 87. A baronetcy has become the distinction of the middle class … some of our tradesmen; brewers, or people of that class.
1879. Burke, Peerage and Bar., Pref. Note, The false assumption of baronetcies still continues.
