viscountyn.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪkaʊnti/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪˌkaʊn(t)i/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vicountie, 1700s vicounty.

Etymology: < viscount n. + -y suffix⁵. Compare Old French vis-, viconte(i, etc., French vicomté, Italian viscontado, Spanish viz-, Portuguese viscondado, and medieval Latin vicecomitatus.

†1. A viscount. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscount

viscount1450

vice-count1461

viscounty1587

vicomte1847

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 131/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II From thense by iourneies he marched and went to Corke, being met in the waie by the vicounties of Roch and Barrie, and by sir Corman Mac Teege.

2. Historical. The office or jurisdiction of, the territory under the authority of, a viscount.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of a viscount

viscounty1611

vice-county1639

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vice-conte, a vicountie, a vicountship.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Viscounty, the Territory of a Viscount; a sort of Lordship, or Jurisdiction in France; as The Viscounty of Turenne is very considerable.

1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 336 Caen has a provostship, a presidial, a vicounty, an office of the finances of the admiralty, and other royal tribunals.

1787 A. Young Jrnl. 22 May in Trav. France (1792) i. 6 Mons. Colmar, a Jew, bought the seignory and estate, including the viscounty of Amiens, of the Duke of Chaulnes.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xviii. 288 The Viscounty of Dinan..became..the heritage of a young lady.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 252 William was now at a point in Neal's own viscounty, at no great distance from his own castle.

1898 S. Evans Holy Graal 46 Five brothers shared among them the viscounty of that city [Marseilles].

3. = viscountcy n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscount > rank of viscount

viscountship1611

viscountrya1661

viscounty1859

viscountcy1868

1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn lxxii ‘But the title?’ ‘The Viscounty goes with the English property.’

1874 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xviii. vii. 353 About the time when he received the viscounty of Rochford.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 10/2 His Majesty has..been pleased to confer the dignity of a Viscounty upon Lord Iveagh, K.T.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viscounty
释义	viscountyn. Brit. /ˈvʌɪkaʊnti/, U.S. /ˈvaɪˌkaʊn(t)i/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vicountie, 1700s vicounty. Etymology: < viscount n. + -y suffix⁵. Compare Old French vis-, viconte(i, etc., French vicomté, Italian viscontado, Spanish viz-, Portuguese viscondado, and medieval Latin vicecomitatus. †1. A viscount. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscount viscount1450 vice-count1461 viscounty1587 vicomte1847 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 131/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II From thense by iourneies he marched and went to Corke, being met in the waie by the vicounties of Roch and Barrie, and by sir Corman Mac Teege. 2. Historical. The office or jurisdiction of, the territory under the authority of, a viscount. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of a viscount viscounty1611 vice-county1639 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vice-conte, a vicountie, a vicountship. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Viscounty, the Territory of a Viscount; a sort of Lordship, or Jurisdiction in France; as The Viscounty of Turenne is very considerable. 1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 336 Caen has a provostship, a presidial, a vicounty, an office of the finances of the admiralty, and other royal tribunals. 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 22 May in Trav. France (1792) i. 6 Mons. Colmar, a Jew, bought the seignory and estate, including the viscounty of Amiens, of the Duke of Chaulnes. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xviii. 288 The Viscounty of Dinan..became..the heritage of a young lady. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. viii. 252 William was now at a point in Neal's own viscounty, at no great distance from his own castle. 1898 S. Evans Holy Graal 46 Five brothers shared among them the viscounty of that city [Marseilles]. 3. = viscountcy n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscount > rank of viscount viscountship1611 viscountrya1661 viscounty1859 viscountcy1868 1859 C. J. Lever Davenport Dunn lxxii ‘But the title?’ ‘The Viscounty goes with the English property.’ 1874 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens III. xviii. vii. 353 About the time when he received the viscounty of Rochford. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 10/2 His Majesty has..been pleased to confer the dignity of a Viscounty upon Lord Iveagh, K.T. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1587
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