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royal demesne
(royal de|mesne)
noun
chiefly
historical
an area of land owned by the Crown:
the king reclaimed Winchelsea as a royal demesne
Philip Augustus annexed Auvergne to the royal demesne
[
as modifier
]
:
royal demesne lands
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