viscounty
[vahy-koun-tee]
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noun, plural vis·count·ies.
History/Historical. the jurisdiction of a viscount or the territory under his authority.
Origin of viscounty
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You might suggest the viscounty as contingent on the marriage.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
She put that point about the viscounty, which puzzled her, first of all.
Tristram of BlentAnthony Hope
But there are two titles, you ass; one an earldom, and the other a viscounty.
Wanderings in IndiaJohn Lang
In reward for his fine record his peerage was made a viscounty.
In February 1812 he was appointed commander-in-chief in the Channel, and in 1814 he was raised to a viscounty.