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stem duchy

noun

stem duchy

noun

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

1

Historical 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.

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