archducal

[ahrch-doo-kuh l, -dyoo-]

adjective

of or relating to an archduke or an archduchy.

Origin of archducal

1655–65; earlier archiducal < F. See archi-, ducal

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Historical Examples of archducal

There would still be time, perhaps, to reach Vienna before the archducal party should leave for Bosnia.
The Secret Witness
George Gibbs
And who are you, signor, that dare thus question the lady of an archducal counsellor?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 341, March, 1844, Vol. 55
Various
Various opinions had been expressed of him, but his importance was Archducal, dynastic, purely accidental.
Notes on Life and Letters
Joseph Conrad
Your gains, lawful and unlawful, are wrested from you by the archducal counsellors, in whose hands you are mere puppets.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844
Various
The opera-dancer was as essential to Archducal existence as the seventy-seventh quartering on the Hapsburg arms.
Essays in Rebellion
Henry W. Nevinson

British Dictionary definitions for archducal

archducal

adjective

of or relating to an archduke, archduchess, or archduchy

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