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catepanate

catepanate noun: the territory governed by a catepan.

Noun

catepanate (plural catepanates)

  1. The territory governed by a catepan.
    • Besides these there was the independent catepanate of the Mardaites of Attalia, instituted by Tiberius III, and there were probably several independent cleisurarchies (e.g. of Seleucia).1889, John Bagnell Bury, A History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene (395 A. D. to 800 A. D.), page 350
    • replaced by the catepanate of Bari1964, Paul Lemerle, A history of Byzantium, translated [from French] by Anthony Matthew

Forms of catepanate

pluralcatepanates
alternative formcatapanate

Origin of catepanate

From catepan + -ate.

Questions about catepanate

What does catepanate mean?
Catepanate means the territory governed by a catepan.
What part of speech is catepanate?
Catepanate is a noun.
What is the plural of catepanate?
The plural of catepanate is catepanates.

Words near catepanate in the dictionary

  1. catenulating
  2. catenulid
  3. catenulids
  4. catenulin
  5. catepan
  6. catepanate
  7. catepanates
  8. catepans
  9. cater
  10. cater-corner
  11. cater-cornered

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