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countship|ˈkaʊnt-ʃɪp|
[f. count n.2 + -ship.]
a. The office or dignity of a count (also used as a title).
b. The domain or jurisdiction of a count.
1703Farquhar Inconstant iii. i, Where's that bombast look..your countship wore just now? 1831Carlyle Early German Lit. Misc. Ess. (1888) III. 199 For all which, Anton and his kindred had countships and princeships in abundance. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 336 The countships of Northumberland and Huntingdon, which had once belonged to his wife's father, Waltheof. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. 416 How his Countship sulks! |