comitatn.
/ˈkɒmɪtat/ 1. = comitatus n.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > comitatus or military followers > [noun]
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man > body of nobles attached to king
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1795 Ann. Reg. 1791 (Rivington ed.) i. 171/2 The magnats and comitats..were entirely bent upon a revolution.
2. A civil and administrative division in Hungary; a county.
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1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 65 625 The comitat of Zala, through its representatives, demanded the names of the traitors who had misled the King.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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