marquisate
Americannoun
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the rank of a marquis.
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the territory ruled by a marquis or a margrave.
noun
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the rank or dignity of a marquis
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the domain of a marquis
Etymology
Origin of marquisate
1540–50; marquis + -ate 3, as translation of French marquisat, Italian marchesato
Example Sentences
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I shall become prince of Cachemire; thus in possessing my mistress I shall cease to possess my little marquisate at Candahar.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
The tattered portières of the House of Casa-Evora, the bedrabbled robes of the marquisate, all that was ridiculous to her.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
The viceroy was a widower then, and some years from a second wife, an earldom, an heir, and a marquisate.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by Charles O'Mahony
And where was the young lady, singer or no singer, who if disengaged, would reject the heir to a marquisate because he was forty?
From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope
His family estate, La Pailleterie, was made a marquisate by Louis XIV. in 1707.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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