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

Archduchy Sentence Examples

  • The original archduchy, which included Upper Austria, is the nucleus of the Austrian empire, and the oldest possession of the house of Habsburg in its present dominions.

  • The diocese was a large one, including until 1468 not only much of Bavaria, but practically the whole of the archduchy of Austria.

  • An uneventful period followed under the rule of the house of Habsburg, which united the kingship of Bohemia with the archduchy of Austria and the imperial crown.

  • Austria, which had been solemnly created an A ustria archduchy by the emperor Frederick in 1453, was created claimed by the three remaining Habsburg princes, and an arch- lower Austria was secured by Frederick, while Albert duchy.

  • The Lombards were at that time dwelling in Noricum and Pannonia (archduchy of Austria, Styria and Hungary, west of the Danube).

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