comital

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin comitālis, from comes (“count”). Doublet of comtal.

Adjective

comital (comparative more comital, superlative most comital)

1. Of or pertaining to a count or earl.

   Synonym: comtal

   • 2004, Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship of the County of Maine, c. 890-1160‎^[1], page 51:

     Comital charters for religious institutions provide important evidence for some aspects of comital lordship, especially the interconnection of landholding, justice, wealth, and military power.

Translations

of or pertaining to a count or earl

• Danish: grevelig (count), greve- (count)
• Dutch: grafelijk (nl), graaflijk (nl)
• French: comtal (fr)
• German: gräflich
• Italian: comitale (it)
• Spanish: condal
• Swedish: grevlig (sv), greve-

See also

• baronial
• ducal
• kingly
• margravial
• noble
• princely
• regal
• royal
• vicontiel
• viscomital

 

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989