earldoms in English

noun
1
the rank or title of an earl.
On the death of his brother Brien in 1562 he succeeded to the earldom , though his title was not recognized by Elizabeth until 1585.

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1. The earliest Baronetcies date to the first half of the 14th century. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You might as well have enough issue to fill up all those subsidiary earldoms and Baronetcies