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earldom
Part of speech: NounThe dignity, possessions, or authority of an earl.
Usage examples "earldom":- There re- settle the earldom, collect the spoil, and then back, my men, to the southern shores. - "Harold, Book 10. The Last Of The Saxon Kings", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
- Shape the hypothesis of a fairer woman the mother of the heir to the earldom. - "The Amazing Marriage, v3", George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English.
- Curio was Pulteney, who had been a flaming patriot, but who, like the majority of such characters, had, for the sake of a title- the earldom of Bath- subsided into a courtier. - "Poetical Works of Akenside", Mark Akenside.