• Margravate

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈmɑːɡɹəveɪt/

    Origin

    From margrave + -ate.

    Full definition of margravate

    Noun

    margravate

    (plural margravates)
    1. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine. from 18th c.
      • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 174:From 1032 Provence had been a margravate of the Holy Roman Empire in the imperial Kingdom of Burgundy.
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