Dictionary

marquisate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑː.kwɪ.sət/ (UK)

Etymology

From marquis + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it), on the pattern of Middle French marquisat, Italian marchesato.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

bishopric · parish · marquesate · barony · nobility · regality · viscountcy · margraviate · margravate · county · principality · royalty · marquessate · shire · kingdom · march · duchy · viscounty

Translations (15)

de Markgrafentum (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · ar مَرْكِيزِيَّة (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · pt marquesado (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · nl markgraafschap (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · nl markizaat (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · sv markgrevedöme (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · es marquesado (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · ro marchizat (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · fr marquisat (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · it marchesato (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · pl markizat (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · ja 侯国 (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · ota ماركیلك (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · fa مارکینشین (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness) · tr markilik (territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness)