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archduchy
 
SYLLABICATION:arch·duch·y
PRONUNCIATION:  ärch-dch
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. arch·duch·ies
The territory over which an archduke or an archduchess has authority.
ETYMOLOGY: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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