earlship

American  

[url-ship] / ˈɜrl ʃɪp /

noun

1. earldom.

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Etymology

Origin of earlship

before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship

Example Sentences

But I needn't bother your earlship about that.'

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

Oh, your earlship," she remarked, "this, by the way, is Mr. Laffie Brice-Ashton.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

Furthermore, a man who found it so easy to be disloyal could not safely be entrusted with such great territorial authority as the earlship of Mercia.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

I thank your noble earlship, Sir Gilbert Hay, but the yoke with which your brave ancestor turned the battle at Loncarty would serve my turn well enough.

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

"His honorable earlship, then—since mamma is with us."

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames