noun. The rank or dignity of a count; lordship.

noun. The rank or position of a count.

noun. A territory (principality, province...) ruled/administered by a count.

"We were in partnership with a Florentine, well known in all the Courts of Europe, the Count Alessandro Pippi, as skilful a player as ever was seen; but he turned out a sad knave latterly, and I have discovered that his countship was a mere imposture."

county  earldom  

abattoir  burial ground  cataphract  epocha  fiefdom