despotate

== English == === Etymology === From despot +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare despotat. === Noun === despotate (plural despotates) (historical) An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries). Synonym: despotat ==== Related terms ==== despot despotic despotism