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countship

[kount-ship]

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noun

the rank or position of a count.

the territory or jurisdiction of a count.

Nearby words

Origin of countship

First recorded in 1695–1705; count² + -ship

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for countship

Seeing his danger Rudolph ceded the countship to Herbert, and Charles was relegated to his prison until his death in 929.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various
His countship was Napoleonic, but he was always an opponent of the emperor's policy.
A Short History of French Literature|George Saintsbury
Thus the kings in granting a duchy or countship as an apanage to their brothers or sons used the phrase in comitatum et baroniam.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
His father, Amadeus, died in 1183, in which year he received the countship of Montfaucon.
Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail|Alfred Nutt

He died childless, and there were no less than six candidates to the countship.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4|Various