principate

[ prin-suh-peyt ]

noun
  1. supreme power or office.

Origin of principate

1
1300–50; Middle English <Latin prīncipātus, equivalent to prīncip- (see prince) + -ātus-ate3

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British Dictionary definitions for principate

principate

/ (ˈprɪnsɪˌpeɪt) /


noun
  1. a state ruled by a prince

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

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