Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.

    Fürstentum

    кня́жествоknjážestvo

    князі́вствоknjazívstvo

  2. (countable)A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.

    Fürsten

    нача́лаnačála

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The state of being principal; pre-eminence.

More definitions
  • territory ruled by a prince

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Andorra is a principality situated between Spain and France.

    Андорра — це князівство, що розташоване між Іспанією та Францією.

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  2. Vaduz is the capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein.

    ruВадуц - столица княжества Лихтенштейн.

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  3. Andorra is a small principality situated between Spain and France.

    ruАндорра - небольшое княжество, расположенное между Испанией и Францией.

    deAndorra ist ein kleines Fürstentum, das zwischen Spanien und Frankreich liegt.

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  4. Great Moravia was a medieval state that was created by the union of the Principalities of Nitra and Moravia.

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  5. Monaco, its official name being the Principality of Monaco, is the second smallest country in the world, after Vatican City.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
region:
Русский
By meaning 2
region:
in angelology:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
region:
in angelology:

Origin

From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle Frenc

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.

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Forms

plural: principalities
Singularprincipality
Pluralprincipalities

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
principality — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto