duchy

noun

Definition of duchynext
as in dukedom

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Recent Examples of duchy An investigation for Channel 4's flagship current affairs show Dispatches and The Sunday Times has uncovered thousands of documents showing for the first time how the duchies make their money. — Jack Royston, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 The investigation also revealed how the royal duchies receive millions from the armed forces, schools, prisons and fire and ambulance services. — The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Nov. 2024 The independent duchies of sixteenth-century Italy established free ports, which allowed slavers safe passage and relieved import duties for transiting merchants in need of temporary storage for perishable goods like grain. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 The lucrative duchy spans 130,000 acres across 23 counties in England and Wales today, encompassing farmland, property and commercial businesses. — Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for duchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for duchy
  1. principality
  2. kingdom
  3. empire
  4. republic
  5. sultanate
  6. sovereign
  7. domain
  8. dominion
Noun
  • Dmitriy Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire and majority owner of the French football club AS Monaco, has been cleared of all criminal proceedings in Monaco, following a ruling by the principality’s Court of Appeal on February 27.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • These companies now generate some 30 percent of the principality’s revenues.
    — Eric B. Schnurer, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2015
Definition of principality
Noun
  • In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By 1953, as decolonization swept the world, the Danish government, loath to give up ninety-eight per cent of its landmass, made Greenland a semi-autonomous part of its kingdom but retained de-facto control.
    — Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of kingdom
Noun
  • While notable alum Sean McManus (’77) is no longer at the helm of the CBS Sports empire, Michigan grad David Berson wouldn’t say no to a Blue Devils-Wolverines final.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • If a sheep dies at the very edge of the empire, it will be noted.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of empire
Noun
  • Longtime Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who had served nearly 10 years governing the oil-rich republic as head of the People’s National Movement, had taken the unusual step of resigning from office.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But as a matter of context, there is a difference between the principled partisans of the early republic, the professional analysts of the 20th century, and an owner who demands his media outlet’s opinions should be limited to his preferences.
    — Joseph Jones, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of republic
Noun
  • The site was built in the 18th century by a sultanate that still governs the region politically and spiritually.
    — Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Long periods of rule by Portuguese, Dutch, and finally British colonial occupiers were only fully concluded in 1965, when the Maldives became an Islamic sultanate, albeit one not initially included in the British Commonwealth.
    — Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of sultanate
Noun
  • The former England soccer captain is an ambassador for The King's Foundation, the sovereign's longtime charity promoting sustainability through practical training, which sent students and alumni to the glam banquet before the King and Queen's trip to Italy in April.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • No longer would the sovereign have to beg for funds.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
Definition of sovereign
Noun
  • The Legislature doesn’t have control over property taxes, which are the domain of local governments.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Like Pac-Man, this domain closes around reactants and reopens to release products.
    — Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of domain
Noun
  • Historically, imperialist leaders have used military conquest, economic coercion or diplomatic pressure to expand their dominions, and justified their foreign incursions as civilizing missions, economic opportunities or national security imperatives.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Kanye West goes on another antisemitic rant, defends Diddy, declares ‘dominion’ over wife.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Definition of dominion

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