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单词 margravate
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margravaten.

Brit. /ˈmɑːɡrəveɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɑrɡrəˌveɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: margrave n., -ate suffix1.
Etymology: < margrave n. + -ate suffix1. Compare earlier margraviate n. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (mā·ɹgrĕvĕt) /ˈmɑːɡrəvət/.
Now historical.
The territory ruled by a margrave or margravine.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a margrave
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1788 T. Jefferson Memorandums Tour Paris 16 Apr. in Papers (1956) XIII. 26 From Cleves till I enter the Margravate of Baden.
1802 Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) Lusatia, a margravate of Germany.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 260 Inexhaustible varieties of palatinates, margravates [etc.].
1886 S. Baring-Gould Germany xliii. 264 Henry I had created the Margravate of Brandenburg as a bulwark against the heathen Wends, who lived on the Baltic.
1925 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 12 28 The Margravate of Azilia, designed to occupy precisely the region which became Georgia.
1986 Washington Post 9 Nov. e3/4 Rococo dominates this former capital of an independent margravate and residence of the Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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