stem duchy

noun

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.

OriginGerman Stammherzogtum →
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Meanings

nounstem duchy (plural stem duchies)

plural stem duchies

  1. historicalA 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.

Origin

  1. GermanStammherzogtum
  2. Englishstem duchy

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

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