countship

[ kount-ship ]

/ ˈkaʊnt ʃɪp /

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noun

the rank or position of a count.

the territory or jurisdiction of a count.

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Origin of countship

First recorded in 1695–1705; count² + -ship

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How to use countship in a sentence

The countship, however, had passed in 1422 to the house of La Tour, and was not annexed to the domain until 1615.
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Seeing his danger Rudolph ceded the countship to Herbert, and Charles was relegated to his prison until his death in 929.
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Bar-le-Duc was at one time the seat of the countship, later duchy, of Bar, the history of which is given below.
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Thus the kings in granting a duchy or countship as an apanage to their brothers or sons used the phrase in comitatum et baroniam.
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From about 819 to 1082 Carcassonne formed a separate countship, and from the latter date till 1247 a viscountship.
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