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- noun Plural form of
margraviate .
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The titles of the states seem to be entirely arbitrary, and, according to the fancy of their rulers, they were called kingdoms, principalities, electorates, palatinates, margraviates, Grand Duchies, or Duchies.
Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Oliver Optic 1859
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