margravate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/
margravate (plural margravates)
- The status or rank of margrave.
- 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.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 174:
- German: Markgrafschaft
- Russian: маркгра́фство
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