stadˈholderate
Also stadt-.
[+ -ate1.]
1. The office or dignity of stadholder.
| 1786 Ann. Reg., St. Papers 67/1 The Stadtholderate became extinct by the death of William III of England. 1825 Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 75 He would take no part in the quarrel, unless an entire abolition of the Stadtholderate should be attempted. 1880 Green Hist. Eng. People IV. ix. iii. 300 The restoration of the Dutch Statholderate. |
2. A state ruled by a stadholder, or by a chief with the status and powers of a stadholder.
| 1889 Academy 20 July 32/1 Making the revolted colonies into a stadtholderate under the Count of Broglie. |