archduchy

[ ahrch-duhch-ee ]

noun

, plural arch·duch·ies.

1. the domain of an archduke or an archduchess.

archduchy

/ ˈɑːtʃˈdʌtʃɪ /

noun

1. the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess

Word History and Origins

Origin of archduchy¹

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

Example Sentences

The revenues of the archduchy were some four millions of dollars.

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Transleithan, trans-lī′than, adj. beyond the Leitha, the boundary river between the archduchy of Austria and Hungary.

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Meanwhile Styria and Carinthia Austria created an archduchy.

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He also ordered the Jews to be expelled from the archduchy of Austria within six months.

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The archduchy of Austria was, and Hungary was not, German, in the reign of the emperors.

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