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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114706" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) 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 in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The needlefish. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72567" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72567" /> == | ||
<p> A title of nobility, ranking third in the | <p> A title of nobility, ranking third in the British peerage; originally election to the dignity of earl carried with it a grant of land held in feudal tenure, the discharge of judicial and administrative duties connected therewith, and was the occasion of a solemn service of investiture. In course of time the title lost its official character, and since the reign of [[Queen]] Anne all ceremony of investiture has been dispensed with, the title being conferred by letters-patent. The word is derived from the [[Anglo-Saxon]] <i> eorls </i> which signified the "gentle folk," as distinguished from the <i> ceorls </i> , the "churls" or "simple folk." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_114706"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/earl Earl from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72567"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/earl Earl from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72567"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/earl Earl from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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