marquisate

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Etymology[edit]

From marquis +‎ -ate, on the pattern of Middle French marquisat, Italian marchesato.[1]

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marquisate (plural marquisates)

  1. The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
  2. The state or rank of a marquis.
    • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 394:
      he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.

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  1. ^ “marquisate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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