margravate

noun

mar·gra·vate ˈmär-grə-ˌvāt

variants or margraviate

mär-ˈgrā-vē-ət

-ˌāt

: the territory of a margrave

Examples of margravate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That last meant the more than three million Germans living in the ancient kingdom of Bohemia and margravate of Moravia, the territory that is now the Czech Republic. —

Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2022

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