margravate
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/
Noun

margravate (plural margravates)

  1. The status or rank of margrave.
  2. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine. [from 18th c.]
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 174:
      From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.
Translations
  • German: Markgrafschaft
  • Russian: маркгра́фство



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