marquisate

[ mahr-kwuh-zit ]

/ ˈmɑr kwə zɪt /

the rank of a marquis.

the territory ruled by a marquis or a margrave.

Origin of marquisate

1540–50; marquis + -ate³, as translation of French marquisat, Italian marchesato

You of the poor Marquess's, the last Marquess; the marquisate is extinct.

What Will He Do With It, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
At length the junior house ran ahead of its elder, being raised to a marquisate.

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) |Thomas De Quincey
Now, if the marquisate is dangled out of his reach, he will have no thoughts to spare from himself.

Letters of Two Brides |Honore de Balzac
When the second Marquis Cornwallis died sonless, the marquisate became extinct, but the earldom passed to his first cousin.

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, No. 23, February, 1873, Vol. XI. No. 23. |Various

What great deeds were rewarded to La Rochederrien by his marquisate, and this captaincy of mousquetaires.

Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 |Various

marquisate

/ (ˈmɑːkwɪzɪt) /

the rank or dignity of a marquis

the domain of a marquis