viscounty

[ vahy-koun-tee ]

/ ˈvaɪˌkaʊn ti /

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noun, plural vis·count·ies.

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

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Origin of viscounty

First recorded in 1580–90; viscount + -y³

Words nearby viscounty

viscosity index, viscount, viscountcy, viscountess, Viscount Melville Sound, viscounty, viscous, viscous flow, Visct., viscus, vise

How to use viscounty in a sentence

You might suggest the viscounty as contingent on the marriage.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
She put that point about the viscounty, which puzzled her, first of all.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope
He was succeeded in the peerage by his nephew, who, however, inherits only the viscounty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844|Various
Corneille was the son of Pierre Corneille, master of forests and waters in the viscounty of Rouen.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett

"Anyhow a barony—but a viscounty would be more convenient," murmured Southend.
Tristram of Blent|Anthony Hope