countship
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Origin of countship
Example Sentences
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In less than a week from this time, Swinton crossed the threshold of the South Bank Villa, with a patent of countship in his pocket.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
When the countship of Mansfeld was sequestrated, Hettstedt came into the possession of Saxony, passing to Prussia in 1815.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Sometimes it appears as an independent countship, though held by members of the Caetani family, who about 1297 returned to it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
I’ll take special care about the last, your countship.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
Fulk having revolted, he confiscated the countship, which he did not restore till 1050.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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