principality
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- noun
- /ˌprɪn.səˈpæl.ɪ.ti/
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principado
- Monaco is a small principality known for its beautiful coastline and glamorous casinos.
- principalities and powers
- German principality
- European principality
And he's, he leads this massive rebellion, which, you know, tears the principality to bits.
- And he's, he leads this massive rebellion, which, you know, tears the principality to bits.
- They call themselves Ruse and there was Metropolitan of Ruse and there was Ruse principalities.
Examples
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Until recently, Jewish communities in Christian or Muslim principalities existed on the sufferance of kings and princes.
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In 1800, Iran's main trade partners were Afghanistan and the principalities of Central Asia, Turkey, and India.
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Thomas used the example of a family growing into a village, then into a city and a principality.
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Peace and the preservation of the principality are the only truly worthy human goals that remain.
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One might imagine oneself to be in a very small principality in the heart of an Old World.
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Since the late 16th century, the area had been an independent principality, which maintained close cultural and commercial links to the Swahili coast.
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Alexander Nevsky's son Daniel founded the Grand Principality of Moscow, which quickly grew in power.
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The various German states and principalities had shipped boatloads of settlers to the colonies through the port of Charleston.
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In the eighteenth century, the ruling princes of Germany's independent principalities carried on a legacy of religious wars.
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When the last Kalbite emir, al-Hasan, was assassinated in 1052, the island was divided into three principalities.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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An area of land controlled by a country or ruler
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A country ruled by a king or queen
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An area controlled by a ruler, government, or organization
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A small country that a prince rules
A small state ruled by a prince
A land area controlled by a ruler or state
Compounds
A small independent country in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France
A very small country in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland ruled by a prince
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Principality comes from prince ('ruler' or originally 'first') plus the ending -ality that turns it into a state or condition. So a principality is literally the territory or state ruled by a prince, which is why we use it for small countries like Monaco.