Principality
name, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. countable
"At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another."
- 2 territory ruled by a prince wordnet
- 3 A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers. countable
- 4 The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 5 The state of being principal; pre-eminence. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 1 Wales
"The first information I have of a sermon at an association, in the Principality, is in the letter of 1703, which appoints one to be preached the following year."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of principality; any of the actual extant principalities. alt-of
"The affair led to a crisis in relations between France and the Principality, with the French Government overruling Prince Rainier by refusing to extend the mandate of Monaco's Chief Prosecutor"
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Andorra is a small principality situated between Spain and France."
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.
From the mistaken belief that the Prince of Wales is the country's head of state; the historical Principality of Wales only made up a portion of the country of Wales.