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earldom

/url-duhm/US // ˈɜrl dəm //UK // (ˈɜːldəm) //

爵位,爵府,酋长国,爵爷

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called earlship. the rank or title of an earl.
    • : the territory or jurisdiction of an earl.

Examples

  • He succeeded his brother (see above) in the earldom in 1823, and spent the latter part of his life in Paris.

  • Svein Hakonson, he that was the finest man that men have ever looked on, received earldom from Olaf the Swede.

  • Upon the death of Godwin, Harold resigned his earldom, and took that of Godwin, the bounds being slightly varied.

  • I have a Scotch earldom myself in my family granted by another king the day after he had lost his own crown.'

  • As for the Lamptons, there is an earldom in the English family, and there were claimants even then in the American branch.