Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a duke or duchy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a duke: as, a ducal coronet.
- In ornithology, a term applied to certain large terns of the subgenus Thalasseus, as Sterna(Thalasseus) cantiaca.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a duke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a
duke , aduchess , or theduchy ordukedom they hold.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or belonging to or suitable for a duke
Etymologies
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Examples
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He called the ducal palace that evening and got through to the chief social secretary.
Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965
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Opening this, they entered a room which Casanova immediately identified as the ducal chancellery.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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My mother, who was as haughty as Lucifer with her descent from the Stuarts, and her right line from the _old Gordons, not the Seyton Gordons_, as she disdainfully termed the ducal branch, told me the story, always reminding me how superior _her_ Gordons were to the southern
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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Gordons_, -- _not_ the _Seyton Gordons_, as she disdainfully termed the ducal branch, -- told me the story, always reminding me how superior _her_
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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Shang that he received extraordinary rank; just as, in very much later days, the Confucius family was the only non-Manchu to possess "ducal" rank, or, as the Japanese seem to hold in German style, "princely" rank.
Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887
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In his poor lodging, 3 Rivers Street, Bath, and his reception and treatment of me there, I found something which I could call 'ducal' or higher than if he had been a duke, and still palatial.
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He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince."
Bronzino's Medici portraits – review James Hall 2010
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When you've finished contemplating the studiolo, a secret door opens to reveal a balcony overlooking the ducal palace's hilltop command.
Sanctity in Perspective David Netto 2012
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Meanwhile, Giovanni Antonio Canal, famed as Canaletto, will feature at the Dickinson gallery in Jermyn Street with a pair of masterful Venetian views of the Piazza San Marco and its ducal palace from circa 1755 price for the pair: €4.5 million.
A Week of Masters Descends Margaret Studer 2011
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If Alain Ducasse's tranquil, elegant country hotel, a former ducal summer palace from the 16th century, feels more "south of France" than "Maremma," you don't much care: It is exceedingly comfortable in its own crisp, modern fashion.
The Other Tuscany Richard Nalley 2010
bilby commented on the word ducal
"This story was about a wake - all his juiciest stories were about wakes - and a tired woman getting jealous of the corpse in the bed. He was so pleased with Nancy's attention that he was dramatising even more than usual, and I stood silent in the kitchen door for several minutes with a ducal air of scorn before he even noticed me."
- Frank O'Connor, 'The Duke's Children'.
September 5, 2008
749778423 commented on the word ducal
"The ducal hat of Charles the Rash, the last Duke of Burgundy of his race, was hung with pear-shaped pearls and studded with sapphires."
-Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
January 17, 2010