Word Meanings - EARLDOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl. 2. The status, title, or dignity of an earl. He shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Chesterfield.

Related words: (words related to EARLDOM)

• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• EARLDOM
  1. The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl. 2. The status, title, or dignity of an earl. He shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Chesterfield.
• TITLER
  A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
• SHRUNKEN
  from Shrink.
• TITLE-PAGE
  The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
• TERRITORIALLY
  In regard to territory; by means of territory.
• DIGNITY
  digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience
• TERRITORIAL WATERS
  The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states. Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a
• JURISDICTION
  The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes,
• TERRITORIALIZE
  1. To enlarge by extension of territory. 2. To reduce to the condition of a territory.
• TERRITORIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction. 2. Limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial. 3. Of or pertaining to all or any of the Territories of the United States, or
• INSIGNIFICANCY
  Insignificance.
• JURISDICTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights. Barrow.
• STATUS IN QUO; STATUS QUO
  The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state before the war.
• STATUS
  State; condition; position of affairs.
• TITLE
  The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book. 4. A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. , a chapter or division of a law book. 5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary or
• INFRATERRITORIAL
  Within the territory of a state. Story.
• EXTRATERRITORIALITY
  The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. ,
• UNTITLED
  1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser. 2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.
• CATCH TITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• EXTRATERRITORIAL
  Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly , adv.
• INTITLE
  See ENTITLE
• EXTERRITORIAL
  Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly ,adv.
• INDIGNITY
  Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So
• MISTITLE
  To call by a wrong title.
• OVERTITLE
  To give too high a title to.