viscountcy

English

Etymology

From viscount +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪkaʊn(t)si/

• Audio (Southern England)

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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.

References

• “viscountcy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.