Principalities
[,prinsi'pælitiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Principality
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Examples
- A small band of alien herdsmen, says Sir Mark Sykes, wandering unchecked through crusades and counter-crusades, principalities, empires, and states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are lordships and principalities which are bought and sold, and some other intermediate forms of government. Plato. The Republic.
- When great landed estates were a sort of principalities, entails might not be unreasonable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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