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marquisate|ˈmɑːkwɪsət|
Also 6, 9 marquessate, 7 marquesad(e, -at, -quisat, -quizat, marchasate, -esate, -isat(e.
[f. marquis + -ate1, after F. marquisat, It. marchesato, Sp. marquesado.]
1. The dignity or status of a marquis. Also, † a place from which a marquis takes his title.
15..Bk. Precedence in Q. Eliz. Acad. (1869) 15 A Marquesse must goe after his Creation, and not after his marquisate. 1675Ogilby Brit. 4 Worcester..a city honoured with the title of Marquisate in the Right Noble Henry Marquess and Earl of Worcester. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 218 She restored him too to the Marquisate of Exeter. 1844Disraeli Coningsby i. ii, The very day he was raised to his Marquisate, he commenced sapping fresh corporations. 1902Athenæum 26 Apr. 521/2 On the duke's death the marquessate of Douglas..passed to the Duke of Hamilton, as male heir.
2. In various countries of Europe: The territorial lordship or possessions of a marquis or margrave.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Marquesado, a Marquessate. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. To Rdr., The marchasates of Silesia and Brandeburge. Ibid., The marchesates of Lusatia, Moravia [etc.]. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 300 In Germany (you are to understand) a Dukedome may be contained within a Marquisate. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4803/1 An Earthquake has been felt in the Marquisate of Ancona. 1842Macaulay Ess., Fredk. Gt., Rheinsberg is a fertile and smiling spot, in the midst of the sandy waste of the Marquisate. |