Word Meanings - MARQUISATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.

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• MARQUISDOM
  A marquisate. "Nobles of the marquisdom of Saluce." Holinshed.
• LORDSHIP
  1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence , a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge , etc. 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and
• GOVERNORSHIP
  The office of a governor.
• GOVERNABLENESS
  The quality of being governable; manageableness.
• MARQUISATE
  The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.
• MARQUIS
  A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred
• GOVERNANCE
  Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman.
• MARQUISSHIP
  A marquisate.
• GOVERNMENTAL
  Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
• GOVERNMENT
  The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
• GOVERNING
  Requiring a particular case. (more info) 1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay.
• DIGNITY
  digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience
• GOVERNANTE
  A governess. Sir W. Scott.
• GOVERNABILITY
  Governableness.
• TERRITORY
  1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him -- towns, and rural works between. Milton. 2. The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or
• SEIGNIORY
  1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion. O'Neal never had any seigniory over that country but what by encroachment he got upon the English. Spenser. 2. The territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
• GOVERNOR
  A pilot; a steersman. (more info) gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of
• GOVERNESS
  A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.
• GOVERNAL; GOVERNAIL
  Management; mastery. Chaucer. Spenser.
• GOVERN
  To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case. (more info) 1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct
• MISGOVERNED
  Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude, misgoverned hands." Shak.
• UNGOVERNABLE
  Not governable; not capable of being governed, ruled, or restrained; licentious; wild; unbridled; as, ungovernable passions. -- Un*gov"ern*a*bly, adv. Goldsmith.
• MISGOVERNMENT
  Bad government; want of government. Shak.
• OVERLORDSHIP
  Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.
• RELAY GOVERNOR
  A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle.
• INDIGNITY
  Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So