Vis'count-ship or Vis'count-y, n.

(vĭ'kount-), Vis'count-y (vĭ'kount-y), { n. [Fr. vicomté, Pr. vescomtat, Sp. vizcondado, Pg. viscondado, It. viscontado, L. Lat. vicecomitatus.] The quality and office of a viscount.