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principalities

principalities is the plural of principality.

Meaning of principality

Noun

principality (countable and uncountable, plural principalities)

  1. (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
  2. (countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
  3. (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
  4. (archaic) The state of being principal; pre-eminence.

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Questions about principalities

What is principalities the plural of?
Principalities is the plural of principality.

Words near principalities in the dictionary

  1. principal-agent problems
  2. principalisation
  3. principalism
  4. principalist
  5. principalists
  6. principalities
  7. principality
  8. Principality of Abkhazia
  9. Principality of Albania
  10. Principality of Andorra
  11. Principality of Asturias

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