Examples of duchy in a Sentence
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
Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels is pleased to announce four new tributes to be held in his duchy at 30 Rockefeller Center.
—Vulture, 12 Sep. 2022
Is the duchy of Brabant (present-day Belgium) huddling in a giant bomb crater?
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
In other words, tribal lands were dotted with little duchies of non-Indian land.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
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Word History
Middle English duche, from Anglo-French duché, from duc
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Duchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duchy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2023.
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