Duchy: alternatives and connections

Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.

A dependency; a dependent territory.

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the beg…

That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the do…

Of or pertaining to a duke.

In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.

A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

To play the duke.

A little or insignificant duke.

The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke.

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions;…

A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave.

the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country