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Definition of Marquisate
1. n. The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
Definition of Marquisate
1. Noun. The territory held by a marquis or margrave. ¹
2. Noun. The state or rank of a marquis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marquisate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marquisate
Literary usage of Marquisate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"Affairs of the marquisate of Saluces—Artifices of the Dulce of Savoy to avoid making
... THE time settled for the agreement about the marquisate of Saluces, ..."
2. The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the Christian by William Jones (1816)
"Previous to the year 1588, the marquisate of Saluces was subject to the jurisdiction
of the kings of France; but at that period an exchange of territory was ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... marquisate was acquired by the Count of Toulouse and in 1769 passed to the
house of Orleans, of which a member, the Duke of Penthievre, was proprietor ..."
4. History of the Reign of Henry IV., King of France and Navarre: From Numerous by Martha Walker Freer (1861)
"THE discussions relative to the marquisate of Saluzzo continued, and formed the
under-current of all Henry's negotiations. The king never demonstrated more ..."
5. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"Mr. James T. Soutter, who by right of birth was heir of the marquisate and Earldom
of Annandale of Scotland, and, although frequently pressed by lawyers ..."
6. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... consideration of which the emperor is to annex to his dominions the marquisate
of Montferrat, which in times of peace is worth 200000 crowns per annum. ..."
7. A Typographical Gazetteer by Henry Cotton (1831)
"... a small but populous town of Italy, in the marquisate of Treviso, from which
town it is distant ten miles. From the Pinelli catalogue it appears that ..."
8. Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis by Charles Cornwallis Cornwallis (1859)
"... raised to the marquisate—State of affairs in England—Disorders in Assam—Mission
io Nepaul and to Assam. THE campaign of 1792 opened under very ..."
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