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English
Etymology
From margrave + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Pronunciation
Noun
margravate (plural margravates)
- The status or rank of a margrave.
- A territory governed by a margrave or margravine.
- Synonyms: marquisate, mark, march
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 174:From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.
Translations
territory governed by a margrave
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