princedoms
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The Emirates was just a cluster of small princedoms along the eastern shores of the Arabian Peninsula when oil was discovered there in the 1950s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Nepotism is not a new word at the Vatican; evolved from the Latin nepos for nephew, it originally described the fat handouts of princedoms and privileges to the nephews of Popes centuries ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
The present chaotic condition of Protestant princedoms in Germany may answer the purpose almost as well as a period of abeyance.
From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick
This is indeed one of the oldest of the princedoms of India, and has always been celebrated for its barbaric pomps and splendors, and for the wealth of its princes.
From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark
“Here, all ye Angels, prodigy of light, “Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, pow’rs!
From The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts by Defoe, Daniel
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