facile princeps

How to use facile princeps in a sentence

• Indeed, Chopin even found fault with the master where he is universally regarded as facile princeps.

  Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecks

• He belonged to the literary class of which, perhaps, Southey may be regarded as facile princeps.

  British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV | Various

• The man does not live who to-day can be considered facile princeps in more than a few departments of medicine.

  An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell Park

• "The Comet of 1811" has, as nucleus, the facile princeps of his age.

  Social England under the Regency, Vol. 1 (of 2) | John Ashton.

• But, on the whole, Melbourne is facile princeps in shops as in everything that may be said to enter into the ladies' department.

  Town Life in Australia | R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny