Frommarzpan +-ate(forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
marzpanate (pluralmarzpanates)
- (historical) a border province of theSassanian Empire ruled by themarzpan
2002, Shahen Mkrtchyan,Treasures of Artsakh-Karabagh, page11:The regions of Eastern Armenia: Artsakh, Utik, Paytakaran and Kambejan, dominated by Iran in 428, formed amarzpanate.
- (historical) the office of the marzpan
1960,Ararat, Armenian General Benevolent Union,v. 25,48:Xosrov gave him themarzpanate of the country of Hyrcania[…]
- (historical, usually capitalized) the period in Armenian history after the fall of theArshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when the eastern part ofArmenia was governed as a marzpanate by Sassanian-nominated marzpans
1997, Nina Garsoïan, edited by Richard G. Hovannisian,The Armenian people from ancient to modern times, volume I, page107:Byzantine expansion toward the east, which marked the last century of theMarzpanate, extended the scope of the Justinianic reforms with their implicit threat against the very core of Armenian social and cultural institutions.
border province of the Sassanian Empire
the office of the marzpan
the period in Armenian history
