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plural marquisates
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness. examples
The state or rank of a marquis. quotations examples
he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.
2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 394