despotate
Meanings
noun
- An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
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Etymology
From despot + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare despotat.
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