grand-ducal
- a word derived from grand duke.
Example Sentences
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Then I noticed the grand-ducal crown in diamonds at the top of the miniature, and it came to me that this was the portrait of the lady Anthony Cardew had served with a passionate devotion.
From The Story of Bawn by Tynan, Katharine
We had passed over the same route, or tried to, on our way to pay a visit to the grand-ducal pair not more than two weeks before.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
Antilia is marked in an anonymous map which is dated 1424 and preserved in the grand-ducal library at Weimar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
Cosimo I left a long line of descendants to sit upon his grand-ducal throne.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Immediately outside this Porta Romana, sloping off a little to the left from the road to Rome, is a magnificent avenue of ilex and cypress conducting to a grand-ducal villa called the "Poggio Imperiale."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
