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Comes, translated as count, was a Roman title, generally linked to a comitatus or comital office.
Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)
13th-century inscription in Trento Cathedral, reading Iacobus comes, "Count James"
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A magnate was a man from the higher nobility, a man who belonged to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries sinc
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…The special lasting meaning derives from the position of a follower within a comitatus, which was a retinue, or group of followers, such as those of magnates. In some instances these were sufficiently large and/or formal to justify specific denomination, such as a "cohors amicorum". The word comes is the…
Jan Zamoyski, an important 16th-century Polish magnate