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Earldom

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

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Demesne 76% connected

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

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Earl 74% connected

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Earl 74% connected

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf i…

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Position noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Status noun · 85% connection

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained th…

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equivalence noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Face noun · 84% connection

status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"

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Footing noun · 84% connection

status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"

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Illegitimacy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Leadership noun · 84% connection

the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

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Left-handedness noun · 84% connection

the status of being born of a morganatic marriage

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Lowliness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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Lowness noun · 84% connection

a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

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-dom unknown · 78% connection

Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom.

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-er unknown · 78% connection

A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.

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Admiralty law noun · 78% connection

the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.

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Arundelian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 162…

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Barony noun · 78% connection

In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of…

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Belted adjective · 78% connection

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted…

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Blenny noun · 78% connection

small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks

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Canton noun · 78% connection

A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdiv…

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Chancery noun · 78% connection

In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; b…

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Chapelry noun · 78% connection

The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel.

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Circle noun · 78% connection

A territorial division or district.

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Commune noun · 78% connection

A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government…

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Count noun · 78% connection

A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

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