Usage examples for earldom:

• There re- settle the earldom collect the spoil, and then back, my men, to the southern shores. "Harold, Book 10. The Last Of The Saxon Kings" – Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• Huntly had been out of favour ever since Lord James obtained the coveted Earldom of Moray in January, and he was thought to be opposed to Mary's visit to Elizabeth. "John Knox and the Reformation" – Andrew Lang

• " Your Majesty," said Enderby, " for me justice comes too late, but for my child-" " An earldom can never come too late- eh?" "John Enderby" – Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009

• Simon, as Count of Montfort l'Amaury, was not a powerful lord; but he was descended, it was said, from a natural son of King Robert his mother, who was English, had left him heir to the earldom of Leicester, and he had for his wife Alice de Montmorency. "A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume II. of VI." – Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot