stadtholderate

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Etymology

From stadtholder +‎ -ate.

Noun

stadtholderate (plural stadtholderates)

  1. (historical) The office or position of a stadtholder.
    Synonym: stadtholdership
    • 2005 [1938], C. V. Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, NYRB, page 194:
      On his deathbed he sent for his younger half-brother, Frederic Henry, the prince who would undoubtedly succeed him in the stadholderate of five provinces and the command of the army.
  2. (historical) A state ruled by a stadtholder.