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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Principality \Prin`ci*pal"i*ty\, n.; pl {Principalities}. [L.
principalitas pre["e]minence, excellence: cf F.
principalit['e], principaut['e]. See {Principal}.]
1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence superiority;
predominance; high, or the highest, station. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Your principalities shall come down even the crown
of your glory. --Jer. xiii.
18.
The prerogative and principality above everything
else. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A prince; one invested with sovereignty. ``Next upstood
Nisroch, of principalities the prime.'' --Milton.
3. The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country
which gives title to a prince; as the principality of
Wales.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
principality
n : territory ruled by a prince [syn: {princedom}]
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