Archduchy Definition

ärch-dŭchē
archduchies
noun
The territory over which an archduke or an archduchess has authority.
American Heritage
The territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess.
Webster's New World

The territority (principality) of an archduke.

Wiktionary
The archduchies Austria and Brabant (as well as its rival Gelre) claimed this rare, primordial vassalitic rank as the successors to the former Carolingian kingdom and first archduchy Lotharingia (the name later became Lorraine), which had been divided in an Upper - and a Lower dukedom within the Holy Roman Empire.
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Other Word Forms of Archduchy

Noun

Singular:
archduchy
Plural:
archduchies

Origin of Archduchy

  • French archiduché from obsolete French archeduché arche- arch- (from Old French arch–1) duché duchy (from Old French duche duchy)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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