Ducal
['djuːk(ə)l] or ['dukl]
Definition
(adj.) of or belonging to or suitable for a duke; 'ducal palace' .
Editor: Terence--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a duke.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to a duke.—adv. Dū′cally.
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Examples
- Today we have idled through a wonder of a garden attached to a ducal estate--but enough of description is enough, I judge. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The proud lord of Holdernesse was not accustomed to be so rated in his own ducal hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Large fat private double letter, sealed with ducal coronet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have mentioned her before: Juliet, the youngest daughter, and now sole relic of the ducal house of L---. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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