Definition of Earldoms. Meaning of Earldoms. Synonyms of Earldoms

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Definition of Earldoms

Earldom
Earldom Earl"dom, n. [AS. eorl-d?m; eorl man, noble + -d?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.

Meaning of Earldoms from wikipedia

- mormaer. Since the 1960s, earldoms have typically been created only for members of the royal family. The last non-royal earldom, Earl of Stockton, was created...
- charters, and the volume of earldoms has long exceeded the number of territorial counties, and, as a result, the names of many earldoms are ****ociated with smaller...
- his Christian faith. Crawford, Barbara E. (8 August 2013). The Northern Earldoms: Orkney and Caithness from AD 870 to 1470. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857906182...
- older Scottish earldoms is determined by the Decreet of Ranking of 1606, and not by seniority. British nobility List of earldoms "Earldom of Mar | Holders...
- The Earldom of Ulster was an Anglo-Norman lordship in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages, ruled by the Earls of Ulster and part of the Lordship...
- Earldom of Ormond may refer to: Earl of Ormond (Scotland), created twice in the Peerage of Scotland for the House of Douglas Earl of Ormond (Ireland)...
- Lindsay. The earldoms of Crawford and Lindsay continued to be united until the 22nd earl died unmarried in January 1808. The two earldoms then became dormant...
- Shrewsbury and Waterford are the oldest earldoms in their peerages held by someone with no higher title (the oldest earldoms in each peerage being held by the...
- Kingdom of England. Wes**** was one of the four earldoms of Anglo-Danish England. In this period, the earldom of Wes**** covered the lands of the old kingdom...
- with "territorial" or "feudal earldoms": "On the contrary there is a clear break between the type of territorial earldoms which existed before the evolution...