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
Charles rewarded him with a huge mastiff � and then a princedom "for the dog to run in."
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
I maintain that one reaches this princedom either with the favour of the common people or with that of the nobility, since these two different humours are found in every body politic.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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