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margravate

UK/ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/

margravate noun: the status or rank of a margrave.

Noun

margravate (plural margravates)

  1. The status or rank of a margrave.
  2. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine.
    • From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 174
    Synonyms:
    marquisate, mark, march

Synonyms of margravate

Forms of margravate

pluralmargravates
alternative formmargraviate

Origin of margravate

From margrave + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

Questions about margravate

What does margravate mean?
Margravate means the status or rank of a margrave.
What part of speech is margravate?
Margravate is a noun.
How do you pronounce margravate?
Margravate is pronounced /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of margravate?
The plural of margravate is margravates.

Words near margravate in the dictionary

  1. margosas
  2. Margosatubig
  3. Margot
  4. margraf
  5. margrafs
  6. margravate
  7. margravates
  8. margrave
  9. margravely
  10. margraves
  11. margraveship

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