[1790–1800; khan1 + -ate3]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, cutout, echelon, idealism, infiltration-ate is a suffix occurring orig. in nouns borrowed from Latin, and in English coinagesfrom Latin bases, that denote offices or functions (consulate; triumvirate; pontificate), as well as institutions or collective bodies (electorate; senate); sometimes extended to denote a person who exercises such a function (magistrate; potentate), an associated place (consulate), or a period of office or rule (protectorate). Joined to stems of any origin, -ate signifies the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official (caliphate; khanate; shogunate)
Examples of 'khanate' in a sentence
khanate
There were four brothers living then in the khanate.