Word Meanings - LANDGRAVIATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The territory held by a landgrave. 2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
Related words: (words related to LANDGRAVIATE)
- OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - OFFICE WIRE
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. - AUTHORITY
1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority - JURISDICTION
The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, - OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, - 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 - LANDGRAVE
A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France. Note: The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish themselves from the inferior counts under - OFFICE
The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either - JURISDICTIONAL
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights. Barrow. - POST OFFICE
See POST - BOOKING OFFICE
1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold. - CROWN OFFICE
The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill. - SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer. - UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer. - OVEROFFICE
To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.