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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South of the Po lay the Imperial marquisate of Tuscany.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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 Trollope, Anthony
None of the Hauteville family felt any of that aversion to the Radicalism of the heir to the marquisate which the Marchioness entertained.
From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony
This armament he fitted out in the town of Teguantepec, which at that time formed part of his marquisate, and in the harbours of Zacatula and Acapulco.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
In addition to his marquisate, he had a fluty tenorino voice; what they call a voix de salon.
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Saltus, Edgar
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