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viscountcy

American

[vahy-kount-see] / ˈvaɪˌkaʊnt si /

Or viscountship

noun

the rank or station of a viscount.

viscountcy British

/ ˈvaɪkaʊntsɪ /

noun

the rank or position of a viscount

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Etymology

Origin of viscountcy

First recorded in 1865–70; viscount + -cy

Example Sentences

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A reluctant nobleman who tried to renounce his viscountcy when he fell heir to it in 1950, peppery Lord Hailsham was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of Suez.

From Time Magazine Archive

He only knows that she is his boyish ideal of a goddess and that he worships her beauty almost as much as Lord Trimingham's viscountcy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unresigned to his fate, Tony Benn mailed his viscountcy patent back to the Lord Chamberlain at Buckingham Palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Custom entitles every retiring Speaker to receive a viscountcy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lord Goschen's viscountcy was conferred, with universal approval, as the fitting reward of a great business career.

From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin

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