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Definition of Dukedom

1. Noun. The dignity or rank or position of a duke.

Definition of Dukedom

1. n. The territory of a duke.

Definition of Dukedom

1. Noun. A region ruled by a duke or duchess; a duchy. ¹

2. Noun. The rank or title of a duke. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dukedom

1. a duchy [n -S] - See also: duchy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dukedom

Literary usage of Dukedom

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

1. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1896)
"1374, sue. to that dignity, 25 April 1397, and was a: a few months later, 29 Sep. 1397, DUKE OF SURREY, but was degraded from Ata dukedom, 6 Oct. 1399, ..."

2. Studies in Peerage and Family History by J. Horace Round (1901)
"IX Charles I. and Lord Glamorgan PART I GLAMORGAN'S dukedom FOR some two hundred and fifty years—indeed, ever since their creation or alleged creation—the ..."

3. Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society by New Haven Colony Historical Society (1908)
"THE LOST dukedom, OR THE STORY OF THE PIERREPONT CLAIM.* By JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE, LL.B. [Read March 26, 1906.] It has been my good fortune last summer to ..."

4. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"V. The first Duke (of Cornwall) girt with a sword, like an Earl; lands inseparably attached to the dukedom. the county. William de Clinton was made Karl of ..."

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