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noun
a border province of the Sassanian Empire ruled by the marzpan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
the office of the marzpan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when the eastern part of Armenia was governed as a marzpanate by Sassanian-nominated marzpans
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, historical, usually
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of marzpanate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From marzpan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
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