marquisate
English
Etymology
From marquis + -ate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.kwɪ.sət/
Noun
marquisate (plural marquisates)
- The territory held by a marquis or margrave.
- The state or rank of a marquis.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 394:
- he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 394: