Examples of 'earldom' in a sentence

Meaning of "earldom"

earldom (adverb) : This term has no widely recognized usage as an adverb in English. An earldom is a noble title and is typically used as a noun to refer to the domain or rank of an earl
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  • The rank of being an earl.
  • The territory controlled by an earl.

How to use "earldom" in a sentence

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We have some problems regarding the earldom.
The earldom was given to her husband as her consort.
Your support will bring you an earldom.
He succeeded to the earldom a decade later.
Donald attempted to gain control of the earldom.
Her father inherited an earldom and a castle.
The earldom was also erected into a regality.
However he did not inherit the earldom automatically.
The earldom passed upon his death to his uncle.
Matthew was the heir to the earldom and estate.
The barony and earldom have remained united since.
Your promise for the earldom.
The lands of the earldom were put together from several sources.
They lie within the ancient boundaries of my earldom.
The estates attached to the earldom reverted to the crown.

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He obtained a new charter of the earldom.
Like an earldom or something.
There are no further heirs to the earldom.
Not all of us can gain an earldom without doing anything to deserve it.
Your arrangement to share the earldom.
The earldom and the viscounty therefore became extinct on his death.
On his death the barony and earldom became extinct.
Two years later he succeeded his father in the earldom.
He succeeded his father in the earldom only a month later.
Atholl was historically a mormaerdom or earldom.
He succeeded his father in the earldom later the same year.
The earldom and his other titles became extinct on his death.
Leke died unmarried and the earldom became extinct.
Abingdon was plagued by financial problems from the moment he inherited the earldom.
Edwin the earldom.
He succeeded in the earldom already the following year on the death of his father.
Also claimed the earldom.
He had inherited the earldom only upon the death of two older brothers.
Was close to his earldom.
The grant of his earldom contained a remainder for the eldest daughter of his second marriage.
You mean my earldom.
The earldom was passed on to his younger brother George.
To visit my earldom.
He was succeeded in the earldom by his third but eldest surviving son James.
A somewhat peculiar way to die for a man with an earldom to his name.
The barony of Segrave and earldom of FitzHardinge died with him.
Waleran is using you and your church to get the earldom for himself.
The earldom of Ellesmere and viscountcy of Brackley are now subsidiary titles of the dukedom.
He died unmarried and without children when the earldom became extinct.
The earldom and other titles therefore passed to his next brother Aubrey.
As he had no other surviving sons the earldom became extinct on his death.
The former earl demands they swear an oath to work to regain the earldom.
He was succeeded in the earldom by his son George.
The dispute resulted in a division of the Earldom.
His son succeeded to the earldom of Westmorland.

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