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principalities

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/ ˌprɪnsɪˈpælɪtɪz /

plural noun

  1. Also called: princedoms. (often capital) the seventh of the nine orders into which the angels are divided in medieval angelology

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Local news outlets reported fires have broken out between the Samacá and Cucaita principalities, citing Samacá fire department authorities, who say high temperatures and strong winds have caused rapid spreading of the fires.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

"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

Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century transformed the political landscape in Anatolia, however, and a number of small Turkic principalities emerged in the region in the wake of these disruptive invasions.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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

Some of them stayed on grants as large as principalities, given to them by Spanish kings who had not the faintest idea of the gift.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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