duchy

[US]/'dʌtʃɪ/
[UK]/'dʌtʃi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. territory governed by a duke
Word Forms
Pluralduchies

Phrases & Collocations

ruling duchy

historic duchy

noble duchy

medieval duchy

grand duchy

Example Sentences

a northern border fief of the duchy of Aquitaine

land was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall.

the duchy had been elevated to the status of a principality.

Henry VIII decided to dispark the Duchy parks and turn them more profitably into pasture.

The rank, title, or jurisdiction of a peer or peeress;a duchy, marquisate, county, viscountcy, or barony.

Prince, Archduke, Duke, Emir Principality, Archduchy, Duchy,

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Real-world Examples

Although Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III have voluntarily paid taxes on the profits from their respective duchies.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

How money is spent from the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall is not shared with the public.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

" Such quick decision can mean only one thing." " I will take the duchy, " Piter said.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

The eastern territories never achieved a real unity; five great duchies, Saxony, Franconia, Lorraine, Bavaria, and Swabia, developed, and were dominant.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

Over the past 60 years, the Duchies have become increasingly profitable. In 2019 they each made just over 20 million pounds for the royal family.

Source: Vox opinion

And while the duchy of Lancaster saw revenue drop during the pandemic, according to its financial records, income from that has been turning upwards over the past decade.

Source: Wall Street Journal

In the duchy of Milan, the lands which the church possessed before 1575, are rated to the tax at a third only or their value.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

The duchy of Lancaster, a private estate that covers more than eighteen thousand hectares of land throughout Lancashire, Yorkshire and Central London create some 23 million dollars in profits each year.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

There is also the privately owned duchy of Cornwall which covers land in Southwest England, and also generates about 23 million dollars per year for whomever holds the title of the Duke of Cornwall.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

There is also the privately owned duchy of Cornwall which covers land in Southwest England, and also generates about 23 million dollars per year for whoever holds the title of the Duke of Cornwall.

Source: VOA Daily Standard September 2022 Collection

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