margraviate|mɑːˈgreɪvɪət| [ad.med.L. type *margrāviātus, f.margrāvius margrave.] The territory ruled by a margrave. 1702Lond.Gaz.No. 3870/2 They proceeded to the Margraviate of Anspach.1870Burton Hist.Scot. (1873) VI. lxx. 206 German grand-duchies and margraviates.