viscountship
- a variation of viscountcy.
Example Sentences
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From about 819 to 1082 Carcassonne formed a separate countship, and from the latter date till 1247 a viscountship.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
The marquisate and viscountship are at an end.
From The Pretentious Young Ladies by Molière
Count of Champagne, the rights of suzerainty in the countships of Chartres, Blois, and Sancerre, and the viscountship of Chateaudun, and purchased the fertile countship of Macon from its possessor.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Black, Robert
Doullens, the ancient Dulincum, was seat of a viscountship and an important stronghold in the middle ages.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
