Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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BARONIAL, adj. also Scottish baronial. Applied to an ornate style of architecture characterised by numerous turrets, crow-stepped gables, etc., used esp. for 19th-century country houses and tenements in Edinburgh's Old Town.Sc. 1994 Daily Record 12 May 19:
According to the producers, Scottish weddings are held at night with flaming torchlight processions to baronial castles for a bit of kilted sword-dancing.Sc. 2002 Scotland on Sunday 24 Feb 12:
The stone and timber baronial-style mansion — which is being built on the former site of his £200,000 wooden chalet, Torran Albanach — is expected to cost at least £500,000.Sc. 2004 Aberdeen Evening Express 25 Oct 6:
It provides wonderful riverside walks, spectacular skylines, charming villages, baronial castles, dramatic coastlines, dark forests, imposing mountains, majestic lochs, tranquil countryside and unexpected waterfalls.
