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.
- derived from marchesato
- derived from marquisat
Definitions
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
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.
The neighborhood
- neighborbarony
- neighborbishopric
- neighborcounty
- neighborduchy
- neighborkingdom
- neighbormarch
- neighbormargravate
- neighbormargraviate
- neighbormarquesate
- neighbormarquessate
- neighbornobility
- neighborparish
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for marquisate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA