Definition of "landgraviate" [land•gra•vi•ate]

• The rank and office of a landgrave or landgravine. (noun)

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• "In 1469 he bought the landgraviate of Alsace and the countship of Ferrette from the archduke"
• "Charles ordered a review at Ensisheim, the official capital of the landgraviate."
• "He counted the landgraviate as definitely his by the treaty of St. Omer as Brabant by heritage or Liege by conquest."