| 单词 | earldom |
| 释义 | earldom From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGovernmentearldomearl‧dom /ˈɜːldəm $ ˈɜːrl-/ noun [countable]1 PGthe rank of an earl2 SCLthe land or property belonging to an earlExamples from the Corpusearldom• Lieutenant Denholm is the heir to an earldom.• The Duke's lesser titles include a couple of earldoms, a barony or two and the lordship of Eskdale.• In the prince's earldom of Chester there were even fewer changes.• When the heir to the Spencer earldom got married three years ago, Guppy was his best man.• Three of his daughters by Elizabeth married into families holding the earldoms of Suffolk, Lincoln, and Rutland.• He was compensated by being raised, on 19 June 1627, to the earldom of Sunderland.• In 1930 he succeeded to the earldom and to an alarming load of debt. |
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