The Collaborative International Dictionary
Archduchy \Arch`duch"y\, n.
The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
--Ash.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The territority (principality) of an archduke 2 ''The '''archduchies''' Austria and Brabant (as well as its rival Gelre) claimed this rare, primordial vassalitic rank as the successors to the former Carolingian kingdom and first '''archduchy''' Lotharingia (the name later became Lorraine), which had been divided in an Upper - and a Lower dukedom within the Holy Roman Empire
WordNet
n. the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess
Usage examples of "archduchy".
The monitor next showed scenes of Sha Aznable as a lieutenant in the Zeon Archduchy military, wearing his distinctive face mask.
But four years later he suddenly died, and he was succeeded by Degin Zavi, who resurrected an ancient concept of a sovereign state, established the Zeon Archduchy, and declared himself archduke.
Rallying the Colonists of the Zeon Archduchy around him, he organized an independent military and decided to resist by force.
Zaks, more than anything else, enabled the Side 3 Zeon Archduchy to embark on its War of Independence and helped the opening rounds of the One Week Battle to go more or less as Gren and Krishia Zavi had expected.
Unfortunately for Saila, when war erupted between the Federation and the Zeon Archduchy, it became impossible not to be involved.
They showed an enlarged real image of the space colonies that comprised the Zeon Archduchy, silhouetted by the sun.
The sealed cylinders of Side 3, or what became the Zeon Archduchy, had been built as a type of experiment.
In the few years since the founding of the Archduchy, he had finally come within sight of achieving all his immediate ambitions.
In the beginning Archduchy scientists made excuses for their cooperation with the military, extolling the benefits of spin-offs to the civilian sector and emphasizing that the technologies they were developing were morally neutral and could be used for peaceful purposes as well as for war.
To prevent this problem, both Archduchy and Federation forces planted still and video cameras with panoramic views in combat zones and used them to record the action whenever possible.
After the Federation armada had mysteriously shifted its offensive away from Abowaku to the Corregidor shoal zone, several regular transports from the Archduchy had arrived at the fortress, and Claret Harmine had been aboard one.
Secret Service was inspecting every military ship leaving the Zeon Archduchy, and all troops involved in the System project had been prohibited from leaving their stations.
With her mind so fixated on the image of the little Caspar she had adored, it was hard not to feel proud of him even if he had infiltrated the Archduchy under an alias.
The disappointment was tempered by the fact that he had never totally convinced himself that he had New Type potential or completely believed the prevailing view in the Archduchy military that New Types were ordinary people who suddenly manifested paranormal abilities.
The central colony of the Zeon Archduchy, Zum City, had a defensive perimeter around it.