- plural of principality.
principalities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"Districts of the capital are not separate principalities where you can walk around in white gloves and neglect your duties," he said, adding that he would not tolerate "sabotage".
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
Rather than adopting a common currency, legal system, or representative assembly, the Holy Roman Empire remained a patchwork of semiautonomous principalities.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
They begin: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come."
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
What fascinates me about Little Indias is that they are like little principalities in some ways, like a motherland or a homeland.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2022
No one should wonder if, in speaking of principalities that are completely new as to their ruler and form of government, I cite the greatest examples.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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