margravate
English
Alternative forms
- margraviate
Etymology
From margrave + -ate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/
Noun
margravate (plural margravates)
- The status or rank of margrave.
- A territory governed by a margrave or margravine. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: marquisate, mark, march
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 174:
- From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.
Translations
territory governed by a margrave
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See also
- barony
- bishopric
- county
- duchy
- kingdom
- march
- margraviate
- marquesate
- marquessate
- marquisate
- nobility
- parish
- principality
- regality
- royalty
- shire
- viscountcy
- viscounty