principality
公国,公爵,侯爵府,侯爵领地
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plural prin·ci·pal·i·ties.
- : a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- : the position or authority of a prince or chief ruler; sovereignty; supreme power.
- : the rule of a prince of a small or subordinate state.
- : the Principality, British. Wales.
- : principalities, Theology. an order of angels.Compare angel. supramundane powers often in conflict with God. Ephesians 6:12.
- : Obsolete. preeminence.
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Just look at Monaco, the uber-wealthy principality where residents live on average to nearly 90 years old.
Cannons were fired in the heart of the tiny principality, which is no bigger than Central Park, to celebrate the news.
In 1967 the Principality of Sealand was declared on a military sea fort floating in what was then international waters.
On Sept. 2, 1967, full independence was declared and the Principality of Sealand was born.
The night before Halloween, the Redmond-based company descended on the 62-square-mile central European principality.
What happens when an American multinational turns a tiny European principality into a fake war zone?
I went out, and found a Mont de Piet, just beyond the limits of the Principality; they aren't allowed inside.
The Latin principality was extinguished, and the whole existence of the Franks was now confined to the city of Ptolemais.
This great man even refused the offer of a principality made to him by Leo X.
Thus, at the beginning of the eleventh century, the Bishop of the Principality was already possessed of extraordinary power.
Two of his ancestors had been Bishops of Lige, and the family was one of the greatest in the Principality.