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Definition of Marquisates
1. marquisate [n] - See also: marquisate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marquisates
Literary usage of Marquisates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"... of appreciation of his efficient services.1 There seem to have been two
marquisates in the territory of New France, but very little is known about them. ..."
2. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The dukes, marquises, and counts, were those who received dukedoms, marquisates,
and counties, from the king in fiefs ; the captains had the command of a ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"He appointed several hereditary marquisates and counties, but reserved to himself
the sovereign jurisdiction in their territories. The liberty of the cities ..."
4. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1904)
"Three marquisates going to be given to Lords Cardigan, North. umberland, ...
Michel, Prussian Minister in 3 These marquisates were not con- Drogheda. ..."
5. Rambling Recollections by Henry Drummond Wolff (1908)
"The Dukes of Medina Coeli, who were Counts up to 1368, and have been Dukes since
1479, enjoy eight dukedoms, sixteen marquisates, two of them with ..."
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