margravate

American  

[mahr-gruh-veyt] / ˈmɑr grəˌveɪt /

Also margraviate

noun

1. the province or territory of a margrave.

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margravate British  

/ mɑːˈɡreɪvɪɪt, ˈmɑːɡrəvɪt /

noun

1. the domain of a margrave

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Etymology

Origin of margravate

First recorded in 1695–1705; margrave + -ate ³

Example Sentences

Few historical developments are more distinctly traceable or of greater importance than that of the margravate of Brandenburg into the kingdom of Prussia, the principal state of the present German empire.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

Henry the Fowler conquers the Slavonians; he establishes the margravate of Brandenburg.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

I remember having seen similar balls filling a vein in transition-slate, near the castle of Schauenstein in the margravate of Bayreuth.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

They lived in the territory which afterwards became the margravate of Brandenburg, and were divided into several tribes, as the Hevelli on the banks of the Havel, the Retarians, etc.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

It was he who after Austerlitz aggrandized the margravate at the expense of Austria; transformed it into a sovereign principality and raised it to a grand-duchy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various