viscounty
viscounty noun: the territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official.
Noun
viscounty (plural viscounties)
- The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
- An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
- His grace made a surrender to the crown, in 1706, of the titles conferred upon his father, and obtained a new grant of those honors, dated 17th of June, 1706, extending the remaindership to his heirs male or female, descended from William, first Earl of Queensberry, leaving the marquesate and...1826, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, page 262
viscounty meaning in Arabic and Persian
viscounty in Arabic
- Translations
- فيكونتِيَّة vīkōntiyya
viscounty in Persian
- Translations
- ویکنتنشین vikont-nešin
Forms of viscounty
| plural | viscounties |
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Origin of viscounty
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
Questions about viscounty
- What does viscounty mean?
- Viscounty means the territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official.
- What is viscounty in Arabic?
- Viscounty in Arabic is فيكونتِيَّة (vīkōntiyya). See Viscounty meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is viscounty?
- Viscounty is a noun.
- What is the plural of viscounty?
- The plural of viscounty is viscounties.
Words near viscounty in the dictionary
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