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viscountcy

/ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/

viscountcy noun: the rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.

Noun

viscountcy (plural viscountcies)

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

Forms of viscountcy

pluralviscountcies

Origin of viscountcy

From viscount + -cy.

Questions about viscountcy

What does viscountcy mean?
Viscountcy means the rank or jurisdiction of a viscount.
What part of speech is viscountcy?
Viscountcy is a noun.
How do you pronounce viscountcy?
Viscountcy is pronounced /ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/.
What is the plural of viscountcy?
The plural of viscountcy is viscountcies.

Words near viscountcy in the dictionary

  1. viscotoxin
  2. viscotoxins
  3. viscount
  4. viscountal
  5. viscountcies
  6. viscountcy
  7. viscountess
  8. viscountesses
  9. viscounties
  10. viscounts
  11. viscountship

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