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margraviate

margraviate is the alternative form of margravate.

Meaning of margravate

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

Forms of margraviate

pluralmargraviates

Origin of margraviate

Probably from Latin margravius + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Questions about margraviate

What is margraviate the alternative form of?
Margraviate is the alternative form of margravate.

Words near margraviate in the dictionary

  1. margravely
  2. margraves
  3. margraveship
  4. margraveships
  5. margravial
  6. margraviate
  7. margraviates
  8. margravin
  9. margravine
  10. margravines
  11. Margret

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