English Explanatory Dictionary

stem duchy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A constituent duchy of the German Empire at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty (death of Louis the Child in 911) and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the Ottonian Empire.

Word forms

stem duchy stem duchies

Etymology

Calque of German Stammherzogtum (literally “tribe-duchy”)

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