dukeryn.
/ˈdjuːkəri/ 1. † a. The office or dignity of a duke, a dukedom. Obsolete.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > ruler of duchy > position of
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c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 9 To give him the dukery of Turine.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 338 He hechtis the forsaid duikrie to the Gouernour.
b. The territory ruled by a duke, a duchy. (Now only as nonce-word)
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of duke or duchess
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dukedom1460
dukery1855
1855 T. Carlyle Prinzenraub in Misc. Ess. (1872) VII. 162 The Albertine line..made apanages, subdivisions, unintelligible little dukes and dukeries of a similar kind.
2. The residence or estate of a duke; spec. (usually plural, the Dukeries) a district in Nottinghamshire containing several ducal estates.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > land owned or occupied by specific class of person
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marquesya1525
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vavasory1611
thane-landa1641
marquisshipa1680
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dukery1837
patroonship1848
squatment1860
1837 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 59 291 A Rookery has been demolished, and a Dukery planted in its stead.
1879 Standard 8 Dec. The Dukeries still exist, but they are little more than a geographical expression. Welbeck Abbey is the last of those palaces for which this part of England was formerly famous.
1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers III. xxv. 166 Thoresby, the second of the three famous ‘Dukeries’ which comprise within their domains the scenes of Robin Hood's most popular exploits.
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