marquisate

noun
/ˈmɑː.kwɪ.sət/UK

Etymology

From marquis + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it), on the pattern of Middle French marquisat, Italian marchesato.

  1. derived from marchesato
  2. derived from marquisat

Definitions

  1. The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.

  2. The state or rank of a marquis.

    • he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.

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