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Definition of Duchy

1. Noun. The domain controlled by a duke or duchess.

Definition of Duchy

1. n. The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

Definition of Duchy

1. Noun. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Duchy

1. the domain of a duke [n DUCHIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duchy

Literary usage of Duchy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"Tlte Chancellor of tiie duchy of Lancaster. Historical The Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster is the repre- of the0" tentative of the Crown in the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1231 Abel, the youngest son of Waldemar II, was granted the duchy; he founded an independent ducal line that ruled the duchy for over a hundred and fifty ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"IV ESTABLISHMENT OP THE duchy OP AUSTRIA (lisa AD) [This grant of Frederick Barbarossa erected Austria, hitherto merely a ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The former political and feudal ties still connected the duchy with the empire. The bishops were the suffragans of the archbishop of Trêves, who rose to be ..."

5. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"On the attainder of Henry VI., after the accession of Edward IV., the duchy was forfeited to the crown, and was inseparably united to it by Act of ..."

6. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"The duchy was capable of any amount of extension towards the east, and the lands gradually Growth of. won from the Wends on this side were all looked on as ..."

7. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Grand duchy of Warsaw. The scanty revenues of the kingdom were wasted on worthless favourites. The pay of the troops was in arrears; and in the spring of ..."

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