margravate

noun
/ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from graphio
  2. derived from *markō
  3. derived from marcgrave
  4. formed as margravate — “margrave + -ate

Definitions

  1. The status or rank of a margrave.

  2. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine.

    • From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.

The neighborhood

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