Recent Examples on the WebUntil Italy’s unification in 1861, its territory was carved up into several kingdoms, duchies and city-states, each with its own culinary practices.—Dawn Davis Sharon Radisch Soneela Nankani Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 13 May 2024 The main operation of this duchy is to manage the monarchy’s land holdings in England, which amount to about 135,000 acres.—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024 The 2017 Paradise Papers revealed that the duchy of Lancaster, while in the queen’s possession, invested millions of pounds in the Cayman Islands, and that the duchy of Cornwall, while in Prince Charles’s possession, invested millions of pounds in Bermuda and other offshore tax havens.—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 Tunji Kasim as Adolphus Tunji Kasim plays the older brother of Queen Charlotte, who is inspired by the real Adolphus Friedrich IV, who was the ruler of the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023 Different from the duchies, the Crown Estate is managed by the government and its profits go to the state treasury.—Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023 Royal duchies, unlike other businesses and landed estates in Britain, are exempt from corporate and capital gains taxes, though Charles voluntarily paid income tax.—Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 5 May 2023 Land owned by the Crown was incorporated as a new duchy, and Edward’s son became the first Duke of Cornwall.—Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023 In the 16th century rulers across Europe introduced new laws to make sorcery punishable by death—and the trials moved from ecclesiastical to secular courts, such as in duchies and towns.—Silvia Federici, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English duche, from Anglo-French duché, from duc
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