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archdukedom

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arch⋅duke⋅dom

  [ahrch-dook-duhm, -dyook-]
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–noun
1. an archduchy.
2. the office or rank of an archduke.
Origin:
1520–30; archduke + -dom
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arch·duke   (ärch-dōōk', -dyōōk')   
n.  

  1. In certain royal families, especially that of imperial Austria, a nobleman having a rank equivalent to that of a sovereign prince.

  2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.


[Obsolete French archeduc : arche-, arch- (from Old French; see arch-1) + duc, duke (from Old French; see duke).]
arch·duke'dom n.
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