English

Noun

marquisate ‎(plural marquisates)

1. The territory held by a marquis or margrave.
2. The state or rank of a marquis.
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 394:

     he has Mary Boleyn's word for it that the marquisate has bought Henry only the right to caress her sister's inner thigh.