Rank or title of a noble (7)

I believe the answer is:

earldom

(Other definitions for earldom that I've seen before include "Dignity" , "Norfolk or Wessex, for example" , "Essex?" , "Peer's domain" , "Noble rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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