viscountcy

English

Etymology

From viscount +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/
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Noun

viscountcy (plural viscountcies)

  1. The rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
    • 1849, Bernard Burke, Anecdotes of the Aristocracy and Episodes in Ancestral Story:
      the Earldom of Dudley, and Viscountcy of Dudley and Ward, expired.

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