Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The territory ruled by a duke or duchess; a dukedom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom. See
duke , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A dominion or region ruled by a
duke orduchess .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
Etymologies
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Examples
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Active judicial intervention in the duchy was the Capetians most effective weapon in their struggle with the Plantagenets over ducal authority.
The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony: The Career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger 1298-1320 Jay Lathen Boehm 1992
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Our saint invested with that sacred character, returned to his flock, and settled the churches which he had founded in good order: then leaving them to the care of St. Willibrord and his ten companions, he penetrated further into {494} the country, and converted to the faith a considerable part of the Boructuarians, who inhabited the countries now called the duchy of Berg, and the county of La Marck.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The district ceded to Rollo developed into what in later times was known as the duchy of Normandy.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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Among the numerous lakes which belong to the duchy are the Mummel, Wilder, Eichener and Schluch, but none of them is of any size.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Charles subsequently insisted, however, that the duchy was a fief of the Holy Roman Empire and that he was sworn by oath to recover it.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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The Normans were driven out, and feudalism replaced the older tribal organization in what was hereafter to be called the duchy of Brittany.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899
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But the event of the greatest importance which occurred during this visit to the duchy was the falling vacant of the primacy of Normandy by the death of Maurilius, Archbishop of Rouen.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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That country is now known as the duchy of Holstein.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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His duchy was a small one, furnishing him with not more than fourteen thousand crowns of annual income, and with four hundred soldiers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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His duchy was a small one, furnishing him with not more than fourteen thousand crowns of annual income, and with four hundred soldiers.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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