princedom

[prins-duh m]

noun

the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.

the territory of a prince; principality.

princedoms, (in medieval angelology) principalities.Compare angel(def 1).

Origin of princedom

First recorded in 1550–60; prince + -dom

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Examples from the Web for princedom

Historical Examples of princedom

Or was the Princedom of the Air "in commission" all that time?
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury
This is a piece of the devil's princedom that he hath over the world.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Samuel Rutherford
He had not yet taken up his sceptre, as it were, and had none of the manners of princedom.
The Socialist
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
There needs only your decease to set him on the throne of the Princedom.
Joan of the Sword Hand
S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
Esau had his grand success in the princedom which he founded.
Misread Passage of Scriptures
J. Baldwin Brown

British Dictionary definitions for princedom

princedom

noun

the dignity, rank, or position of a prince

a land ruled by a prince; principality

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