principate

[ prin-suh-peyt ]

/ ˈprɪn səˌpeɪt /

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noun

supreme power or office.

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Origin of principate

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

Words nearby principate

principal plane, principal point, principal quantum number, principal rafter, principal value, principate, Príncipe, principium, principle, principled, principle of complementarity

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How to use principate in a sentence

One result of the establishment of the Principate was the consolidation of the public domain.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various
The formal recitation, recitation as a 'function', would seem to be the creation of the Principate.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse|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
How, then, is it lawful to incriminate the Principate of the whole Church?
The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI|Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

Under the principate their status underwent a marked decline.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various

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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