单词 | grand-ducal |
释义 | grand-ducaladj. Of or relating to a Grand Duke, Grand Duchess, or Grand Duchy.In quot. 1979: of or relating to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > duke or duchess > [adjective] > relating to grand-duke grand-ducal1742 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to grand-duke grand-ducal1742 1742 London Gaz. No. 8166/2 He has..put a more numerous Garrison into the Fortress of Terra del Sole in the Grand Ducal Romagna. 1766 J. Northall Trav. through Italy i. i. 16 Ferdinand II. on the death of his father Cosmo, became possessed of the grand ducal throne, in 1620. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. iii. 114 The chief of Reisenburg has, in his eagerness to gain his grand ducal crown, somewhat overstepped the mark. 1850 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) XI. lxxv. 371 Tearing from his brow the grand-ducal crown of Poland. 1924 F. M. Ford Some do Not i. ii. 37 The hotel having been a former Grand Ducal hunting-box, freshened to suit the taste of the day. 1979 Community Surv. on Struct. of Agric. Holdings 1975 (Statistical Office of European Communities) I. 31 The necessary criteria for the constitution of an agricultural cooperative..are laid down by the Grand-ducal law of 17 September 1945. 2012 J. Falkner-Tompkins Not So Dolce Vita v. 155 This grand ducal villa..came into the possession of the Medici family early in the 16th century. Derivatives grand-ˈducalist adj. (also granducalist) now historical and rare that supports grand-ducal power or rule.The evidence refers to the attempt to maintain grand-ducal rule in Tuscany before Italian unification. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > supporting other principles of government constitutionary1716 grand-ducalist1864 hegemonistic1875 regionalist1899 hegemonial1908 plutodemocratic1934 1864 Daily Tel. 3 Oct. 3/1 The population is republican in the lower classes, and Granducalist in the higher. 1971 D. M. Smith Victor Emanuel, Cavour & Risorgimento vi. 121 Evidently the moderates had not yet given up the grand-ducalist cause as lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1742 |
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