archducal

American  

[ahrch-doo-kuhl, -dyoo-] / ˈɑrtʃˈdu kəl, -ˈdyu- /

adjective

1. of or relating to an archduke or an archduchy.

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archducal British  

/ ˈɑːtʃˈdjuːkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to an archduke, archduchess, or archduchy

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Etymology

Origin of archducal

First recorded in 1655–65; earlier archiducal, from French; archi-, ducal

Example Sentences

The U. S. Minister and the rest of the diplomatic corps periodically attend archducal levees�mere playacting, but taken in aristocratic earnest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once in the road the chauffeur, anxious to make trial at an early moment of the archducal hospitality, let her rip.

From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar

Father Viller was no longer rector of Gratz, but remained confessor to the archducal family.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

The small electors, seigneurs, dukes and what not imitated the archducal courts; the archdukes mimicked the imperial courts: all was stiff, stilted, unnatural to a degree that seems to us nowadays positively soul-killing, devilish.

From Haydn by Runciman, John F.

There would still be time, perhaps, to reach Vienna before the archducal party should leave for Bosnia.

From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George