duchy
公国,公爵,公爵府,公爵国
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plural duch·ies.
- : the territory ruled by a duke or duchess.
Examples
The Pahonia, emblem of the Belarusian nation drawn from the insignia of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, is banned under Lukashenko.
It relies on the Duchy to provide it with accurate information without carrying out its own independent checks.
It also criticised the lack of official scrutiny of the Duchy's account.
Well, the Prince last year received an annual income from the Duchy of £19m, on which he paid £4.4m in income tax and VAT.
He will also lose the massive income from the lands held by the Duchy of Cornwall, which currently provide some of their funding.
As Foreign Minister, by simply taking what he wanted, he added considerably to the extent of his duchy.
On her death the duchy of Brabant passed, by a family arrangement, to the House of Burgundy.
You are right as to yourself, Albert; for they have given you the ancient title and duchy of de Retz.
Saxony had recovered her independence, the peoples of Dantzic and the duchy of Warsaw their country and their rights.
In order to populate the new port, he proclaimed there a religious liberty he denied to his Duchy at large.