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Dictionary Results For "earldom" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Etymology

earl + -dom

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ˈərldəm/

Noun

  1. the rank of being an earl
  2. *1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
  3. *:And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.
  4. The territory controlled by an earl


Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Earldom \Earl"dom\, n. [AS. eorl-d?m; eorl man, noble + -d?m
-dom.]
1. The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions
of an earl.
[1913 Webster]

2. The status, title, or dignity of an earl.
[1913 Webster]

He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an
earldom. --Chesterfield.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet earldom
n 1: the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
2: the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
EARLDOM. The seigniory of an earl; the title and dignity of an earl.
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