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

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Example Sentences

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earlship

Kalf listened joyfully; Canute's speech appealed to him; "and now he began to yearn for the earlship."

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

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

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

But the host-gear befretted he held many seasons, 2620 The bill and the byrny, until his own boy might Do him the earlship as did his ere-father.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

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

From Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet

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 Sir Walter Scott

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