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dukedom

/dook-duhm, dyook-/US // ˈduk dəm, ˈdyuk- //UK // (ˈdjuːkdəm) //

公爵府,公爵爵位,公爵,公爵位

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a duchy.
    • : the office or rank of a duke.

Examples

  • In Galileo’s time, the papacy was a political power of significance, gobbling up failed dukedoms elsewhere, merging them into what became known as the “papal states.”

  • After her husband, Andrew, inherited the dukedom in 1950, Debo found herself in charge of seven houses in short order.

  • Francis Egerton succeeded to the dukedom at the age of twelve on the death of his brother, the 2nd duke.

  • You cannot give up your Dukedom, you cannot leave Stuttgart, and we cannot live apart.'

  • Sitting at the large middle table she transacted the business of the Dukedom.

  • Her hopes are ended, the doctors have been mistaken, there will be no heir to the Dukedom.

  • Marlborough was received with transports in England, and raised to the dukedom of Marlborough.