Archduchy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The territory (principality) of an archduke.

    "According to the provisions of the "renewed land order," which was finally issued in 1627 for Bohemia, and in the following year for Moravia, the two countries became hereditary Habsburg territories like the Austrian archduchies."

  2. 2
    the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess wordnet

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allybody politicbuffer statechieftaincycity statecolony

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"According to the provisions of the "renewed land order," which was finally issued in 1627 for Bohemia, and in the following year for Moravia, the two countries became hereditary Habsburg territories like the Austrian archduchies."

Etymology

From French archiduché, from Middle French, itself from archi- (“arch-”) < Latin archi- + duché (“duchy, dukedom”) < Latin dux (“leader, commander, duke”).

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grand duchy

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