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generalate|ˈdʒɛnərəleɪt|
Also 7 general(l)at.
[f. general n. + -ate. Cf. F. généralat.]
1. The office of a general (ecclesiastical or military); the period during which a man holds this office.
1644R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 260 The House of Lords have passed the ordinance for Sir Thomas Fairfax's generallat. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 124 Tilly takes the Generalate, against his will. 1858Faber Xavier 410 With the intention..of resigning the generalate into his hands.
2. A district under the control or supervision of a general. Cf. generalship 4.
1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 295/1 By the close of the 17th century there were three frontier ‘generalates’—Carlstadt, Warasdin, and Petrinia. |