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单词 dukedom
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dukedomn.

Brit. /ˈdjuːkdəm/, /ˈdʒuːkdəm/, U.S. /ˈd(j)ukdəm/
Etymology: < duke n.; see -dom suffix.
1. The state or territory ruled by a duke; a duchy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of duke or duchess
duchy1382
duchery?a1400
dukedom1460
dukery1855
1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1723 Of alle thys dukdom feyr That ylke lady ys eyr.
1475 Bk. Noblesse 30 The ducdom of Normandy.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras i. 39 Ye people..vnto whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 9 What then remaines..But that we enter, as into our Dukedome ? View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 399 In the Dutchy of Burgundy..the Guisian Faction..to whom there was nothing left Fortified in that Dukedom, but Chalons sur la Saone.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 56 This whole tract of land belongs to the dukedom of Urbino.
1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 89 When chaos gave way to order, and the dukedoms were swallowed up in kingdoms.
2. The office or dignity of a duke.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > duke or duchess > [noun] > duke > rank of duke
dukehoodc1449
dukedom1534
dukeship1561
dukeryc1565
Graceship1612
ducality1847
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > ruler of duchy > position of
dukehoodc1449
dukedom1534
dukeship1561
dukeryc1565
1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1286/2 With the honour of a Dukedome also to him and hys heires for euer.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 93 For chaire, and dukedome, Throne and kingdome.
1642 W. Bird Mag. of Honour 30 All that is before spoken concerning the Duke and the Dukedom of Lancaster.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4781/1 The Marquisate of Moravia, and the Dukedom of Silesia.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 502 Thomas..who became Duke of Norfolk..died without issue, whereby the dukedom descended to Henry.
1885 Manch. Examiner 27 Feb. 4/6 It is considered probable that the Marquis..will have a dukedom conferred upon him.

Derivatives

dukedomship n. Obsolete rare = 2.
ΚΠ
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxiv. 183 [He] shall not clayme no inheritaunce of the dukedomshyp.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 164 Saxsony is [a] Dukedom-shyp, And holdeth of hym selfe.
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