duchy
IPA: dˈʌtʃi
noun
- A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
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Examples of "duchy" in Sentences
- That annuity was charged to the Duchy of Cornwall.
- Politically, the town was part of the Duchy of Brabant.
- In 1814, the principality became the Duchy of Brunswick.
- After the Lombard invasion it belonged to the Duchy of Ivrea.
- As Wibberley starts the satire, the Duchy defeats the United States.
- The river is not navigable and is located in the former Duchy of Berg.
- During the truce, Henry reorganised the defences of the Saxonian duchy.
- Dockweiler passed as the result of a noble bequest to the Duchy of Arenberg.
- It was the first attempt to codify the laws of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.