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principality

 

  2  definitions  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  principality 
  n  :  territory  ruled  by  a  prince  [syn:  {princedom}]




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