How to pronounce“earldom”in English
Douglas-Home, as the Earl of Home, had become the Prime Minister, and he decided that you couldn't in that day and age be Prime Minister from the House
of Lords. So, he disclaimed his earldom to become an MP. So, for a few weeks he was Prime Minister without sitting in either House of Parliament. And he said,
"I'm going to fight this by-election and become Prime Minister from the House of Commons." Now, he actually won by miles, but presumably if he'd lost the
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Definitions of “earldom”
The rank of being an earl.
“And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.”
The territory controlled by an earl.