archducal

[ ahrch-doo-kuhl, -dyoo- ]

adjective

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

archducal

/ ˈɑːtʃˈdjuːkəl /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of archducal¹

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

Example Sentences

Your gains, lawful and unlawful, are wrested from you by the archducal counsellors, in whose hands you are mere puppets.

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And Fellner had made his home in the quietest quarter of the city, in that quarter which was nearest the Archducal hunting castle.

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I can afford to ignore the insults written in Imperial, Royal, and Archducal proclamations.

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The opera-dancer was as essential to Archducal existence as the seventy-seventh quartering on the Hapsburg arms.

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Various opinions had been expressed of him, but his importance was Archducal, dynastic, purely accidental.

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