marquisate

• She'd wanted Alton to take charge of his life and the marquisate, but Jack doubted she'dg envisaged him taking charge of her, too But calculation won out; she inclined her head. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
• Castlereagh had lately succeeded to his father's title, and had become Marquis of Londonderry; but as the marquisate was only an Irish peerage, he could still sit in the House of Commons as the chosen representative of an English constituency. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4)
• In the original grant of one of them to the Marquis de Vaudreuil, he found that it had been intended as a Canadian marquisate, an honorary appellation, however, which the Vaudreuils never pursued any further. —  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
• This lapsed marquisate of the former proprietors gave Lotbiničre his idea; proprietor of a marquisate, he ought to be a marquis. —  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
• With the money thus acquired he purchased his marquisate, and took the title del Cinque_, "of the Five," in reference to the lucky five numbers. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860

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