Principality

Definitions

1. A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
   countable
2. Wales
3. A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
   countable
4. Alternative letter-case form of principality; any of the actual extant principalities.
   alt-of
5. The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. The state of being principal; pre-eminence.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةالإمارة

Българскиначало

Bosanskikneževinaкнежевина

Catalàprincipat

Češtinaknížectví

Cymraegtywysogaeth

Danskfyrstedømme

Ελληνικάηγεμονίαπριγκιπάτο

Esperantoprinclando

فارسیپرَنسنشین

Suomihallitusruhtinaskunta

Gaeilgeprionsacht

עבריתנסיכות

हिन्दीराज्यरियासतहुकूमत

Hrvatskikneževinaкнежевина

Հայերենիշխանապետություն

Bahasa Indonesiakepangeranan

Íslenskafurstadæmi

Italianoprincipato

日本語侯国公国権天使

ქართულისამთავრო

Қазақ тілікінәздік

한국어공국

Latinaprincipalitas

Latviešufirstiste

Македонскикнежевство

Nederlandsvorstendom

Polskiksięstwo

Portuguêsprincipado

Românăprincipat

Русскийкня́жествоначала

Српскиkneževinaкнежевина

Svenskafurstendöme

Türkçebeylikprenslik

Українськакнязівство

Tiếng Việtcông quốc

Examples

“At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.”

“The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.”

“The first information I have⟳ of a sermon at an association, in the Principality, is in the letter of 1703, which appoints one to be preached the following year.”

“During the last⟳ decade or so Wales has attracted about 10 per cent of British holiday-makers. According to a sample survey carried out in 1961, the Principality accommodated 4 million people in that year who spent a total of 28-million holiday nights.”

“Welshmen from throughout the Principality, as well as well-known international players, came to Cardiff to don the famous balck-and-blue jersey.”

“The affair led to a crisis in relations between France and the Principality, with the French Government overruling Prince Rainier by refusing to extend⟳ the mandate of Monaco's Chief Prosecutor”

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