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dukedom|ˈdjuːkdəm|
[f. duke n.; see -dom.]
1. The state or territory ruled by a duke; a duchy.
1460Lybeaus Disc. 1723 Of alle thys dukdom feyr That ylke lady ys eyr. 1475Bk. Noblesse 30 The ducdom of Normandy. 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras i. 39 Y⊇ people..vnto whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 9 What then remaines..But that we enter, as into our Dukedome? 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 399 In the Dutchy of Burgundy..the Guisian Faction..to whom there was nothing left Fortified in that Dukedom, but Chalons sur la Saone. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 218 This whole tract of land belongs to the dukedom of Urbino. 1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 89 When chaos gave way to order, and the dukedoms were swallowed up in kingdoms.
2. The office or dignity of a duke.
1534More Treat. Passion Wks. 1286/2 With the honour of a Dukedome also to him and hys heires for euer. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. i. 93. 1642 W. Bird Mag. Honor 30 All that is before spoken concerning the Duke and the Dukedom of Lancaster. 1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4781/1 The Marquisate of Moravia, and the Dukedom of Silesia. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 502 Thomas..who became Duke of Norfolk..died without issue, whereby the dukedom descended to Henry. 1885Manch. Exam. 27 Feb. 4/6 It is considered probable that the Marquis..will have a dukedom conferred upon him.
Hence † dukedomship (Obs. rare) = prec.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. xvi. (1870) 164 Saxsony is [a] Dukedom-shyp, And holdeth of hym selfe. Ibid. xxiv. 183 [He] shall not clayme no inheritaunce of the dukedomshyp. |