earldom [
'ә:ldәm]
n. 伯爵的身分
- He was awarded earldom.
他被授予伯爵爵位。 - The young earl didn't allow the poor people to enter his earldom.
那个年青的伯爵不允许这些穷人进入他的领地。 - They might even have a son, heir to the earldom of Stane.
他们甚至可能生个儿子,继承史丹的爵位。
earldom[ noun ]- the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
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- the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
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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.