dukedom
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- noun
- /ˈduːkˌdʌm/
:
ducado
- "I'm going back, you see, to be, my dukedom is restored.
Examples
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Thy dukedom I resign and do entreat thou pardon me my wrongs.
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A couple getting married by the captain of a smuggler's vessel; a couple planning a temporary marriage or looking for an easy divorce; an illegitimate child being chosen as heir to a dukedom.
Blog text (7) -
Is it getting his dukedom back?
Academic text (2009) -
since I have my dukedom got and pardoned the deceiver
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He is, after all, the younger son and was not raised to have the responsibilities of the dukedom thrust on him so suddenly.
Fiction book (1991) -
Of his gentleness, knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me from mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
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William of Apulia was a layman and a member of the court of Roger Borsa, the son of Robert Guiscard and heir to his dukedom.
Academic text (2010) -
For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother would even infect my mouth... ...I do forgive thy rankest fault, all of them... ...and require my dukedom of thee, which perforce, I know, thou must restore.
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After the king's passing, Edward eagerly anticipated inheriting his father's dukedom and the responsibilities that came with it.
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The grand celebration marked the announcement of the new dukedom awarded to the brave knight for his valor in battle.
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Etymology
The word dukedom comes from duke, which comes from the Latin dux meaning 'leader', and the ending -dom, like in kingdom, which means 'area' or 'state'. So a dukedom is the title or rank and the authority that belongs to a duke.