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Magnate, from the Late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'' 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities.

The term was specifically applied to the members (equivalent to British Peers) of the Upper House in the Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary, the ''Forendihaz'' or House Of Magnates .

It is also a Title Of Nobility commonly used in Sweden , the Kingdom Of Poland (and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , not just of peerage level), and some other Medieval realms .

In the Middle Ages a Bishop sometimes held territory as a magnate, collecting the revenue of the Manor s and the associated Knights' Fees .


MAGNATES IN POLAND

In Poland all members of the nobility (''" in the parliaments, not only the local Sejmik s but also in the national Sejm .

There were several other terms for "magnate" in Poland:
  • ''Możny'' - "powerful one"; used up to the 15th Century , later replaced by ''Magnat'';

  • ''królik'', plural ''królewięta'' - "petty kings", used especially of magnates with large Fiefdom s in Lithuania or Ukraine ; rather negative (''król'' in Polish means "king", but the diminutive ''królik'' also means "rabbit");

  • ''pan'' - lord (much later, by title devaluation, Mister); this could also apply to members of the common ''szlachta'' and was often used by people from other social classes;

  • ''starsi bracia'' - "older brothers"; all members of the ''szlachta'' referred to each other as ''Pan brat'', but Magnates who were appointed to the Senate Of Poland often styled themselves ''senior brothers'', referring to the nobles from the '' Sejm '' ("parliament") as ''młodsi bracia'' ("junior brothers");

  • ''karmazyn'' - "the crimson one", from their expensive crimson-coloured clothing (especially the boots).


Several Magnates held high feudal titles or peerage ranks such as .


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