See Also: marquisate(dictionary)

marquisate (iou)



marquisate noun. Also (now usual in sense 1) marquessate. E16.
[from MARQUIS + -ATE1, after French marquisat, Italian marchesato, etc.]
The rank or dignity of a marquess. Formerly also, a place from which a marquess takes his title. E16.
In some Continental European countries: the territorial lordship or possessions of a marquis or margrave. L16.