方ほう伯はく

noun

landgrave

Historical European title for a count with jurisdiction over a territory; used in contexts such as the Holy Roman Empire. Rare in modern Japanese outside historical or academic writing.

• 中ちゅう世せいドイツの方ほう伯はくは、皇こう帝ていから直ちょく接せつ土と地ちを与あたえられた領りょう主しゅだった。

  In medieval Germany, a landgrave was a lord who received land directly from the emperor.