Marquisate

Origin

From marquis + -ate.

Full definition of marquisate

Noun

1. The territory held by a marquis or margrave.
2. The state or rank of a marquis.
• 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 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.