Talk:Dukedom

Proposed move
Since the primary meaning of 'dukedom' is 'duchy', I propose we move this page to "Dukedom (disambiguation)" and redirect 'dukedom' to 'duchy'. This will need administrator help. --Bermicourt (talk) 06:02, 13 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The major premise is debatable. A duchy is rarely called a "dukedom", in my experience. —Tamfang (talk) 07:41, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

The criterion is not how often it is used in comparison with "duchy", but how often v. other meanings of "dukedom". Duchy will stay as the main article. Here is evidence for:
 * Dukedom n. 1 a territory ruled by a duke. 2 the rank of duke. i.e. the Concise Oxford Dictionary ranks it as the primary meaning.
 * Hughes (1992) uses the term "dukedom" interchangeably with "duchy" e.g.
 * "The size of Germany and the many threats to its borders made it essential for kings to delegate power, but a combination of circumstances made it possible for men originally commissioned as royal officials to turn their territories into hereditary fiefs, especially when they coincided with the old tribal dukedoms.

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