satrapaten.
/ˈsatrəpeɪt/, /ˈseɪtrəpeɪt/, U.S. /ˈseɪtrəˌpeɪt/, /ˈsætrəˌpeɪt/ A province or other administrative division governed by a satrap; (chiefly in extended use) a semi-autonomous region which is within or subordinate to another state; the government of such a region (cf. satrap n. 1b). Formerly also (and in earliest use): †the ruler of such a division or region, a satrap (obsolete).
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of others
thanage14..
thanedomc1425
satrapy1569
chiefery1587
caliphate1614
sultany1639
sagamoreship1670
rajaship1698
ladyship1709
satrapate1717
march1726
sachemdom1764
Nizamat1765
khanate1799
jarldom1820
sultanate1822
knightship1845
sheikhdom1845
sachemship1876
sheikh-ship1878
shahdom1884
chiefship1894
thakurate1901
1717 M. Earbery Hist. Ess. Power Prince 70 They are usher'd into the Preamble before the Satrapates, or whatever you please to call those Gentlemen, who pass in these Days for Lords.
1850 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 14 Aug. They have no idea of allowing any little satrapate government of Cuba to trifle with them or their rights.
1851 North Amer. & U.S. Gaz. (Philadelphia) 25 Aug. The Captain-Generalcy of Cuba—which is no government at all, but a colonial satrapate.
1888 Times 12 Sept. 5/3 Who have the ambition to see Servia become a Russian satrapate.
1939 Arizona Republic 16 May 1/1 There is a satrap or other petty ruler in the satrapate of that disorderly province that is known as Kentucky.
1986 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 29 June 19 We enjoy a semi-official status like minor functionaries in Tsarist Russia or a Persian satrapate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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