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Word definitions for duchy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duchy \Duch"y\ (d[u^]ch"[y^]), n.; pl. Duchies . [F. duch['e], OF. duch['e]e, (assumed) LL. ducitas, fr. L. dux. See Duke .] The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At least two of the men mentioned above had links with the duchy . ▪ Because of Gloucester's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship. ▪ But the duchy also required government and administration ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "territory ruled by a duke or duchess," from Old French duché (12c.), from Medieval Latin ducatus , from Latin dux (see duke (n.)).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The '''Duchy ''' or Ducatus is the denomination for territories occasionally governed separately by members (dukes) of the Árpád dynasty within the Kingdom of Hungary in the 11th-12th centuries. The symbol of the ducal power was a sword, while the royal ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the domain controlled by a duke or duchess [syn: dukedom ]
Usage examples of duchy.
It was ascertained that two agents had been stationed by the postmaster of the Grand Duchy of Berg at Hamburg, in a village called Eschburg belonging to the province of Lauenburg.
They say that in the duchy of Avaria the plague killed as many as the Quman did.
You probably have the best little bumhole in Fennilwood, but your uncle made it clear that to plumb it or your cunny is worth the life of any man in the duchy.
Perceval IN THE MATTER of the Duchy of Lancaster, did not affect every dabbler in public property?
I walked amongst them with more knowledge now than when I had first discovered them here, and even fancied I could tell which ones had been worked by Elderling hands and which were the work of Six Duchies Skill coteries.
It was altogether true that, in terms of size, Ephyra was one of the lesser of the Eutracian duchies.
I said I should be glad to oblige him, and he took me to his closet and said that the chamberlain who had spoken to me would conduct me over all the mines and manufactories in his duchies, and that he would be much obliged if I would write down any observations that struck me.
At last the President, rising in his place, read the pronouncement of the Court: that Detricand, Prince of Vaufontaine, be declared true inheritor of the duchy of Bercy, the nations represented here confirming him in his title.
Germany, capital of the duchy of that name, situated in a fertile and undulating country, on the Oker, 37 m.
It was in Piche, an ancient native tongue of Chalced, the southernmost Duchy.
And all about the Duchy piskies still abound for those who are fitted to see them.
Matra ei Filho: His Grace the Duke, who gave order to the duchy, or their Honored Eminences the Premia Sancta and Premio Sancto, who gave order to the Holy Ecclesia, which claimed primacy over all the myriad smaller Sanctias and shrines scattered throughout the city and the duchy.
No ruler of a Grand Duchy ever cherished his honour dearer or exacted homage more persistently than did Louis Racine in the Seigneury of Pontiac.
Montespan be informed that his marquisate is to be elevated into a duchy with a peerage, and that I will add to it the number of seigniories that is proper, as I do not wish to deviate from the usage which has become a law, etc.
It served to unite the Six Duchies, for with him he brought the nobility of Tilth and Farrow.