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Antonyms for principality
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prin-suh-pal-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌprɪn səˈpæl ɪ ti |
Definition of principality
Origin :- c.1300, "position of a prince," from Old French principalite "principal matter; power, sovereignty" (12c., Modern French principauté), from Late Latin principalitatem (nominative principalitas), from principalis (see principal (adj.)). Meaning "region or state ruled by a prince" is attested from c.1400.
- As in kingdom : noun historically, an area ruled by a monarch
- As in area : noun region, district
- As in nation : noun country with its own government
- As in realm : noun area of responsibility or rule
- As in settlement : noun community
- As in supremacy : noun total domination
- In his life of turmoil and bloodshed he had halted to secure for her the right to a principality.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- And so you have come back to find that your principality does not exist.
- Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
- Beauty was everywhere, and in portions of the great forest, great as a principality, quiet.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- It is the border of the principality and the passage of it is forbidden.
- Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
- Somebody had persuaded him to believe that I was urging the Bey to close the principality to him.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- By the same art he would prognosticate a principality to a scoundrel.
- Extract from : « The History of John Bull » by John Arbuthnot
- And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
- Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
- Orange itself, for example, what was to be done with the Principality of Orange?
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XI. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- Mentone was nearer, but she preferred the drive into the principality.
- Extract from : « The Angel of Terror » by Edgar Wallace
- He did not know, it seems, how powerful the barons of his principality were.
- Extract from : « Richard II » by Jacob Abbott
Synonyms for principality
- absolute rule
- ascendancy
- authority
- belt
- block
- body politic
- branch
- city
- colonization
- colony
- command
- commonwealth
- community
- compass
- control
- country
- county
- crown
- democracy
- department
- dimension
- division
- domain
- dominance
- dominion
- driver's seat
- dynasty
- empire
- encampment
- enclosure
- establishment
- expanse
- extent
- field
- foundation
- ground
- habitation
- hamlet
- inhabitancy
- kingdom
- land
- lands
- locality
- monarchy
- nation
- neck of the woods
- neighborhood
- occupancy
- occupation
- orbit
- outpost
- paramountcy
- parcel
- patch
- people
- place
- plantation
- plot
- populace
- population
- possessions
- power
- precinct
- predominance
- preeminence
- preponderance
- prepotence
- primacy
- principality
- province
- public
- purview
- quarter
- race
- radius
- range
- reach
- realm
- region
- reign
- republic
- residence
- rule
- scepter
- scope
- section
- sector
- society
- sovereignty
- sphere
- square
- state
- stomping grounds
- stretch
- superiority
- supreme authority
- suzerainty
- sway
- sweep
- territory
- throne
- township
- tract
- transcendence
- tribe
- turf
- union
- vicinity
- ward
- world
- zone
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