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principalities |
1 definition found 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.
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