noun
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the dignity, rank, or position of a prince
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a land ruled by a prince; principality
Etymology
Origin of princedom
Example Sentences
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Charles XII faced by an attempt by Denmark, joined by the German princedom of Saxony, to reassert its sovereignty in 1700.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
What he wanted to do was to advise a ruler on how to acquire a princedom and hang on to it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
The pretty princedom of Monaco, the center of Europe's playboy country, has now become the central redoubt of Protestant evangelism.
From Time Magazine Archive
One wonders what might have happened to Houseman had the Great Depression not ejected him from his merchant princedom in the grain-trading business.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Aragorn gave to Faramir Ithilien to be his princedom, and bade him dwell in the hills of Emyn Arnen within sight of the City.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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