The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
Origin
From viscount (from Middle English viscounte, from Middle French viscomte (modern )), from Old French visconte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from vice- + comes + -y.
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