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archduchy

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arch⋅duch⋅y

  [ahrch-duhch-ee]
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–noun, plural -duch⋅ies.
the domain of an archduke or an archduchess.
Origin:
1670–80; arch- 1 + duchy, modeled on F archeduché (now archiduché)
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arch·duch·y   (ärch-dŭch'ē)   
n.   pl. arch·duch·ies
The territory over which an archduke or an archduchess has authority.

[French archiduché, from obsolete French archeduché : arche-, arch- (from Old French; see arch-1) + duché, duchy (from Old French duche; see duchy).]
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