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单词 archduchy
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archduchy

[ ahrch-duhch-ee ]
/ ˈɑrtʃˈdʌtʃ i /

noun, plural arch·duch·ies.

the domain of an archduke or an archduchess.

Origin of archduchy

1670–80; arch-1 + duchy, modeled on French archeduché (now archiduché)

Words nearby archduchy

archdeacon, archdeaconry, archdiocese, archducal, archduchess, archduchy, archduke, archdukedom, arche-, Archean, archebanc
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Example sentences from the Web for archduchy

  • Meanwhile Styria and Carinthia Austria created an archduchy.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
  • The revenues of the archduchy were some four millions of dollars.

    The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power|John S. C. Abbott
  • Transleithan, trans-lī′than, adj. beyond the Leitha, the boundary river between the archduchy of Austria and Hungary.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • The archduchy of Austria was, and Hungary was not, German, in the reign of the emperors.

    Down the Rhine|Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for archduchy

archduchy
/ (ˈɑːtʃˈdʌtʃɪ) /

noun plural -duchies

the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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