catepanate

Etymology

From catepan + -ate.

catepanate means the territory governed by a catepan. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The territory governed by a catepan.“Besides these there was the independent catepanate of the Mardaites of Attalia, instituted by Tiberius III, and there were probably several independent cleisurarchies (e.g. of Seleucia).”