viscounty

American  

[vahy-koun-tee] / ˈvaɪˌkaʊn ti /

noun

viscounties plural

1. viscountcy.

2. History/Historical. the jurisdiction of a viscount or the territory under his authority.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• viscounties
  plural

Etymology

Origin of viscounty

First recorded in 1580–90; viscount + -y ³

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

viscounty viscounties

For the Courtenays, who had without protest accepted a baronetcy and a viscounty, their earldom was dead.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Argentan was a viscounty from the 11th century onwards; it was often taken and pillaged.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The viscounty of Léon fell by alliance, in the fourteenth century, to the house of Rohan, in whose favour is was raised in the sixteenth to a principality.

From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

Arthur Herbert, Earl of Torrington—the later peerage is a viscounty held by the Byng family—was in command of the allied English and Dutch fleet in the Channel.

From Sea-Power and Other Studies by Bridge, Cyprian, Admiral Sir

Harry heard Lady Evenswood's laughter; he heard her murmur to herself with an accent of pleasure, "A beastly new viscounty!"

From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony

The duke of Leeds derives the title of one of his viscounties from Dunblane.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

He could levy troops, declare war and peace, make laws, punish or pardon at will, build cities, forts, and castles, and grant out lands in fiefs, seigniories, counties, viscounties, and baronies.

From Pioneers of France in the New World by Parkman, Francis