principality
IPA: prɪnsɪpˈæɫɪti
noun
- (countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
- (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions.
- (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
- (now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence.
- Wales
- Alternative letter-case form of principality; any of the actual extant principalities. [(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.]
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Examples of "principality" in Sentences
- Napoleonic fashion, into the so-called principality of Wagram.
- Twenty-five by one hundred fifty miles, and yet called a principality!
- Highness to rule save a tract so small that the word principality will be a travesty and a jest.
- The principality is the latest European tax haven to bend to an international outcry over tax evasion.
- One prince, a member of the late ruling family, held possession of Szchuen, which was called the principality of Chow.
- Silver is described as a principality (or series of principalities?), so is it logical that our intrepid heroes can ride through one "district" in a day?
- The constitutional principality, which is roughly the size of New York City's Central Park is home to the world famous Monte Carlo Casino, 13th-century Prince's Palace, F1 Grand Prix and superb shops and dining.
- It is certainly true that when the US or the UK, for example, level accusations that the principality is a 'tax haven' there is an element of hypocrisy, with the large imposing standards on the small that they themselves fail to match.
- Among the notable constructions of the principality are the ancient fortifications, the old ducal palace which contains beautiful frescoes by Annibale Carracci, Orazio Ferrari, and Carlone, the cathedral, built (1884-87) in the Byzantine style, by Prince Albert
- 106 † Antioch, 107 whose situation had been less exposed to the calamities of the holy war, was finally occupied and ruined by Bondocdar, or Bibars, sultan of Egypt and Syria; the Latin principality was extinguished; and the first seat of the Christian name was dispeopled by the slaughter of seventeen, and the captivity of one hundred, thousand of her inhabitants.
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