collectorate

English

Etymology

From collector +‎ -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Noun

collectorate (plural collectorates)

1. (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.