marquisate

/mahr-kwuh-zit/US // ˈmɑr kwə zɪt //UK // (ˈmɑːkwɪzɪt) //

侯爵,侯爵府,侯爵夫人,侯爵级

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the rank of a marquis.
- : the territory ruled by a marquis or a margrave.

This lapsed marquisate of the former proprietors gave Lotbinière his idea; proprietor of a marquisate, he ought to be a marquis.
One can be a marquis without a marquisate, but it is impossible to be a forge-master without owning iron-works.
The earldom, but not the marquisate, had been restored in 1663.
But in this century the elder righted itself, rising also to a marquisate.
At length the junior house ran ahead of its elder, being raised to a marquisate.