principalities
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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It's not like I'm engaging the devil left and right against principalities and powers all over the place.”
From Salon • Jan. 2, 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
The mouths of great rivers linked the interiors and the coasts, and capitals and small principalities that developed there taxed the trade on goods traveling to and from the wider world.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
“There is absolutely nothing you or any of the other powers and principalities can do to stop us.”
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022
Many writers have imagined republics and principalities that have never been seen nor known to exist in reality.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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