Definition of "marquessate" []

• The territory of a marquess, margrave or person of comparable rank. (noun)

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• "His eldest son, Henry, succeeded him in the marquessate; but the title passed rapidly in succession to the 3rd, 4th and 5th marquesses."
• "The marquessate and dukedom became extinct with the death of the 2nd"
• "Walter, son and heir of the restored earl, was given an English peerage as Lord Butler of Llanthony (1801) and an Irish marquessate of"