margravate

American  

[mahr-gruh-veyt] / ˈmɑr grəˌveɪt /

Also margraviate

noun

1. the province or territory of a margrave.

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margravate British  

/ mɑːˈɡreɪvɪɪt, ˈmɑːɡrəvɪt /

noun

1. the domain of a margrave

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Etymology

Origin of margravate

First recorded in 1695–1705; margrave + -ate ³

Example Sentences

Anspach gave its name to an ancient principality or margravate, which had a territory of about 1300 sq. miles, with 300,000 inhabitants. in the end of the eighteenth century.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

The secular principalities, Bohemia, the Palatinate, the duchy of Saxony, and the margravate of Brandenburg, are declared indivisible and entire, descendible in the male line.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

Under Charlemagne it constituted a margravate, which in 843 passed into the hands of Louis the German, whose grandson Arnulf was the first to bear the title of duke of Carinthia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

They lived in the territory which afterwards became the margravate of Brandenburg, and were divided into several tribes, as the Hevelli on the banks of the Havel, the Retarians, etc.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

Few historical developments are more distinctly traceable or of greater importance than that of the margravate of Brandenburg into the kingdom of Prussia, the principal state of the present German empire.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John