collectorate

== English == === Etymology === From collector +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office). === Noun === collectorate (plural collectorates) (historical outside India) The district or seat of a collector of customs; a collectorship. === References === “collectorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.