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/djuːkəl/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold..
Ahead of the king’s coming, the Duke of Norfolk will arrive to guarantee order [...] and he will not come with an army, but only his ducal train.
Use ducal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ducal means Of or pertaining to a duke, a duchess, or the duchy or dukedom they hold..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Ahead of the king’s coming, the Duke of Norfolk will arrive to guarantee order [...] and he will not come with an army, but only his ducal train.
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