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† ˈduchery Obs.
Also 5 douch-, dowch-.
[app. f. duché, earlier form of duchy + -ery, q.v.]
1. The domain or territory of a duke; = duchy.
a1400Morte Arth. 49 He doubbyd hys knyghtez, Dyvysyde dowcherys and delte in dyverse remmes. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 936 Appeirand air To twa Douchereis. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 455 Charlis de Bloyes made his clayme to that duchery by tytle of his wyfe. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 291 To have the empire of Ingland, with the duchery of Normandy.
2. A duke's rule or term of office.
1387Trevisa Higden vi. v. (Tollem. MS.), The fourtenthe yere of his duchery. Ibid. (Rolls) VII. 119 A ȝere of his ducherie. 1494Fabyan Chron. vi. ccvii. 220 The .vii. yere of his dowchery, he went to Iherusalem. |