margravate

English

Alternative forms

• margraviate

Etymology

From margrave +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/

Noun

margravate (plural margravates)

1. The status or rank of a margrave.
2. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: marquisate, mark, march

   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 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

Breton: markgrafelezh Catalan: marcgraviat m Czech: markrabství (cs) n Danish: markgrevskab n Dutch: markgraafschap (nl) n Finnish: rajakreivikunta French: margraviat (fr) m German: Markgrafschaft f Hungarian: őrgrófság (hu) Polish: margrabstwo (pl) n Russian: маркгра́фство (ru) n (markgráfstvo) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: marka

See also

• barony
• bishopric
• county
• duchy
• kingdom
• march
• margraviate
• marquesate
• marquessate
• marquisate
• nobility
• parish
• principality
• regality
• royalty
• shire
• viscountcy
• viscounty