noun
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the rank, title, or dignity of an earl or countess
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the lands of an earl or countess
Etymology
Origin of earldom
before 1150; Middle English erldom, Old English eorldōm. See earl, -dom,
Example Sentences
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The Queen could decide to give Jack a title ahead of his wedding - possibly an earldom.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2018
My aunt, now in her nineties, grew up partly in the house of her grandfather, the heir to an earldom.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2018
Later, promoted to his earldom, he remarried without telling them.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2017
And I have no idea what’s to come of Lagertha and her earldom, Kalf, and the various bad-guy heirs who want to see Ragnar dead.
From Forbes • Mar. 19, 2015
This earldom ended in 1762, but the attainder was reversed by an act of 1824 and in the following year Sir George Jerningham, the heir general, established his claim to the Stafford barony of 1640.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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