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- noun Plural form of
duchy .
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The movements in the duchies were the first drops of a coming deluge.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1613-15 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The movements in the duchies were the first drops of a coming deluge.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The movements in the duchies were the first drops of a coming deluge.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The movements in the duchies were the first drops of a coming deluge.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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To appease his uncles, cousins, and younger siblings, King Rham crafted five different duchies instead of the original three set by Phendarm (for Rhamâs four brothers and a royal duchy around the capitol) and more than a score of earldoms among them.
The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: The Phendarm Protectorates 2009
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Henceforth, each consecutive generation reparsed and redistricted the county as an equal number of duchies split among all recognized sons or designated heirs on the dawn after a kingâs funeral.
The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: The Phendarm Protectorates 2009
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Upon Rhamâs death in 237 OD, the five duchies became three again, though yet more earldoms and baronies propagated with each generation.
The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: The Phendarm Protectorates 2009
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However, to completely reject entire duchies of the science fiction empire as the Mundanists do ... it is that sort of benighted myopia that I reject.
Do you like it hard? 2008
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The probation officers' union, Napo, said it had learned that the government was considering the closure of Dartmoor and Lancaster Castle prisons, returning them to the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.
Ministers plan to close jails as part of bid to cut number of prisoners Jamie Doward 2010
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But it is understood that the duchies are sceptical about the proposals because the prisons would need to be completely renovated if they were to fulfil a useful alternative function.
Ministers plan to close jails as part of bid to cut number of prisoners Jamie Doward 2010
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