principality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 14:The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.
2000 March 14, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2005:
- (countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The state of being principal; pre-eminence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| principalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
princessipality · Principality of Kakheti · coprincipality · Principality of Iberia · Principality of Andorra · Principality of Asturias
Relateds
archangel · choirs of angels · power
Translations (72)
vo plinän (region) · gl principado (region) · et vürstkond (region) · fr principauté (in angelology) · ga prionsacht (region) · ru нача́ла (in angelology) · uk князі́вство (region) · sq Pringjëria (region) · cy tywysogaeth (region) · rm prinzipadi (in angelology) · sh knéževina (region) · fa پرَنسنشین (region) · el πριγκιπάτο (region) · sv furstendöme (region) · gv prinsaght (region) · de Fürstentum (region) · gl principado (in angelology) · it principato (region) · hi रियासत (region) · no fyrstedømme (in angelology) · ja 公国 (region) · km ក្សត្របុរី (region) · es principado (in angelology) · cmn 親王國 /亲王国 (region) · ka სამთავრო (region) · pt principado (region) · he נסיכות (region) · qu awkisuyu (region) · ca principat (region) · fi hallitus (in angelology) · ro principat (region) · ru кня́жество (region) · kk кінәздік (region) · ca principat (in angelology) · ota پرنسلك (region) · rm principadi (in angelology) · hy իշխանապետություն (region) · is furstadæmi (region) · id keharyapatihan (region) · pl księstwo (region) · nl vorstendom (region) · he נְסִיכוּת (in angelology) · bg княжество (region) · bg нача́ло (in angelology) · tr prenslik (region) · sh кне́жевина (region) · es principado (region) · eo princlando (region) · fi ruhtinaskunta (region) · vi công quốc (region) · sk kniežatstvo (region) · hi हुकूमत (region) · rm principadi (region) · cmn 公國 /公国 (region) · hu fejedelemség (region) · ar إمَارَة (region) · sq principatë (region) · el ηγεμονία (region) · rm prinzipadi (region) · fr principauté (region) · mk кне́жевство (region) · no fyrstedømme (region) · pt principado (in angelology) · id kepangeranan (region) · cs knížectví (region) · da fyrstedømme (region) · ja 侯国 (region) · hi राज्य (region) · ja 権天使 (in angelology) · dsb wjerchojstwo (region) · de Fürsten (in angelology) · ast principáu (region)