23 June 2017
ducal
[doo-kuh l, dyoo-]
adjective
1. of or relating to a duke or dukedom.
Origin of ducal
Late Latin
1485-1495 First recorded in 1485-95, ducal is from the Late Latin word ducālis of a leader. See duke, -al1
Related forms
unducal, adjective
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Examples from the Web for ducal
Historical Examples
It is as if he had stripped off the stately robe and the ducal cap, and shown the soul of Venice in the bare child of the lagoons.
Stray Studies from England and Italy
John Richard Greene
But it was not until the year 1443 that the Montefeltri acquired their ducal title.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright would doubtless have gone much further in the path of reform if unfettered by ducal retainers.
The Galaxy
Various
Black velvet slippers are on his feet, and his ducal cap is of black velvet.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
Then followed the names of his rival lovers, and a list of the vast sums she had filched from the ducal treasury.
A German Pompadour
Marie Hay
“You had better take his place,” said the ducal proprietor to Harold.
Happy Days
Alan Alexander Milne
Francesco Sforza, the last and childless heir of the ducal house, was left in Milan till his death, which happened in 1535.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1
Various
He took careful aim in the direction of the ducal tent, and loosed the quarrel.
Love-at-Arms
Raphael Sabatini
The ducal museum contains a rich collection of antique and medieval curiosities, engravings and pictures.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3
Various
And the colored marbles of the ducal palace fairly palpitate.
The Lure of the Mask
Harold MacGrath
Today’s quote
Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
– Ken Venturi
On this day
23 June – International Widows’ Day – a UN ratified day to address the ‘poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many countries’.
23 June 1912 – birth of Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist. Turing is considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He invented the ‘Turing machine’ which formulated the computer algorithm. It’s the forerunner for the modern computer. During World War 2, Turing was instrumental in cracking German messages encrypted by the Enigma machine. Sadly, Turing’s achievements were overshadowed by him being charged with gross indecency after admitting to being in a homosexual relationship. On 31 March 1952, following his guilty plea, he was chemically castrated. Two years later, on 7 June 1954,Turing took his own life with cyanide. On 10 September 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologised on behalf of the British Government for the ‘appalling way he was treated’. On 23 December 2013, Queen Elizabeth II issued a posthumous royal pardon, clearing Turing of the charge of gross indecency.
23 June 2000 – 15 backpackers perish in a fire at the Palace Backpackers Hostel, in Childers, Queensland, Australia
23 June 2011 – death of Peter Falk, U.S. actor (Colombo) … ‘therrre ya go‘… (born 16 September 1927).