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Webster 1913 Edition


Archduchy

Archˊduch′y

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Noun.
The territory of an archduke or archduchess.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Archduchy

ARCHDUCH'Y

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Noun.
The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

Definition 2024


archduchy

archduchy

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Noun

archduchy (plural archduchies)

  1. The territory (principality) of an archduke
    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

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