| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| archduchy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | arch·duch·y |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ärch-d ch  |
| 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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