or BURY, the villa or seat of habitation of a nobleman, a dwelling or mansion-house, being the chief of a manor: from the Saxon berg, which signifies a hill or castle; for heretofore noblemen's seats were castles situated on hills, of which we have still some remains; as in Herefordshire there are the beries of Stockton, Hope, &c. It was anciently taken for a sanctuary.

BERYL. See BERIA.