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Margravate

Margravate \Mar"gra*vate\, Margraviate \Mar*gra"vi*ate\, n. [Cf. F. margraviat.] The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

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margravate

n. A territory governed by a margrave or margravine. (from 18th c.)

Usage examples of "margravate".

During his search for a safe hideaway he had found new clothes that he felt were more fitting to his station both as heir to a Margravate and as champion of the Circle against their common enemy.

I could assume the Margravate without difficulty, but I feel that in so doing I would be wasting a potential that could be put to better use.

Duchy of Bedwilral-nan-Rywm, on whose borders this Margravate once lay.

The Margravate was made as a bastion between those tribes and our land.

This armor had belonged to the dead Margrave, who had inherited it from his ancestors, who had owned it long before it had been considered necessary to establish a Margravate at all.

I agree we should aid the Margravates, but there must be other, better methods.