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Webster 1913 Edition
Earldom
Earl′dom
,Noun.
[AS.
eorl-d[GREEK]m
; eorl
man, noble + -d[GREEK]m
-dom.] 1.
The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.
2.
The status, title, or dignity of an earl.
He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an
earldom
. Chesterfield.
Webster 1828 Edition
Earldom
EARLDOM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
earldom
earldom
English
Noun
earldom (plural earldoms)
- The rank of being an earl.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
- And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
- The territory controlled by an earl.