principate

[ prin-suh-peyt ]

/ ˈprɪn səˌpeɪt /

noun

supreme power or office.

Words nearby principate

principal rafter, principal value, principalities, principality, principally, principate, principium, principle, principle of complementarity, principle of economy, principle of indifference

Origin of principate

1300–50; Middle English < Latin prīncipātus, equivalent to prīncip- (see prince) + -ātus -ate³

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Examples from the Web for principate

It was useless to demand that a man be proclaimed to the principate if that man be dead.
"Unto Caesar"|Baroness Emmuska Orczy
That decree defines the Principate to be an episcopal power of jurisdiction, which is immediate, over the whole Church.
The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI|Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
One result of the establishment of the Principate was the consolidation of the public domain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various
Under the principate their status underwent a marked decline.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various

No young women were allowed to be present at the commedia del arte in the first times of the principate at Florence.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for principate

principate

/ (ˈprɪnsɪˌpeɪt) /

noun

a state ruled by a prince

a form of rule in the early Roman Empire in which some republican forms survived

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