Palsgrave vs Margrave - What's the difference?
palsgrave | margrave |
A count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county.
*1917 ,
*:When bound to the stake, two cartloads of fagots and straw were piled up around him, and the palsgrave and vogt for the last time adjured him to abjure.
A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.
* 1973': Among pulverised heads of stone '''margraves and electors, reconnoitering a likely-looking cabbage patch, all of a sudden Slothrop picks up the scent of an unmistakable no it can’t be yes it is it’s a REEFER! — Thomas Pynchon, ''Gravity’s Rainbow
A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.
* 1516': The '''Margrave of Bruges was their head. — Thomas More, ''Utopia ,
As nouns the difference between palsgrave and margrave
is that palsgrave is a count palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire, possessing near-royal powers within his county while margrave is a feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area.palsgrave
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* count palatine, count palatinate * pfalzgraf (rare)margrave
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(wikipedia margrave)Noun
(en noun)Chapter 1.