principality

See also: Principality

English

Etymology

From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/

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• Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pal‧i‧ty

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Noun

principality (countable and uncountable, plural principalities)

1. (countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 14:

     At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.

2. (theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]
3. (obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. [14th–19th c.]
4. (now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence. [from 14th c.]

Derived terms

• Principality of Andorra
• Principality of Iberia
• Principality of Kakheti

 

Translations

region

• Albanian: Pringjëria, principatë (sq)
• Armenian: իշխանապետություն (hy) (išxanapetutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: княжество (knjažestvo)
• Catalan: principat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公國／公国 (zh) (gōngguó), 親王國／亲王国 (qīnwángguó)

• Czech: knížectví n
• Danish: fyrstedømme n
• Dutch: vorstendom (nl) n
• Esperanto: princlando
• Finnish: ruhtinaskunta (fi)
• French: principauté (fr) f
• Galician: principado (gl) m
• Georgian: სამთავრო (ka) (samtavro)
• German: Fürstentum (de) n
• Greek: πριγκιπάτο (el) n (prigkipáto), ηγεμονία (el) f (igemonía)
• Hebrew: נסיכות (he) f (nesikhut)
• Hindi: राज्य (hi) (rājya), रियासत (hi) (riyāsat), हुकूमत (hi) (hukūmat)
• Hungarian: fejedelemség (hu)
• Icelandic: furstadæmi n
• Indonesian: kepangeranan, (Liechtenstein) keharyapatihan
• Irish: prionsacht f
• Italian: principato (it) m
• Japanese: 公国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), (around Germany) 侯国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku)
• Kazakh: кінәздік (kınäzdık)
• Khmer: ក្សត្របុរី (ksat bo’rəy)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: кне́жевство n (knéževstvo)
• Manx: prinsaght f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: fyrstedømme n
• Ottoman Turkish: پرنسلك (prenslik)
• Persian: پرَنس‌نشین (perans-nešin)
• Polish: księstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: principado (pt) m
• Quechua: awkisuyu
• Romanian: principat (ro) n
• Romansch: principadi m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), prinzipadi m (Sutsilvan)
• Russian: кня́жество (ru) n (knjážestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кне́жевина f

  Roman: knéževina (sh) f

• Slovak: kniežatstvo n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjerchojstwo n

• Spanish: principado (es) m
• Swedish: furstendöme (sv) n
• Turkish: prenslik (tr)
• Ukrainian: князі́вство n (knjazívstvo)
• Vietnamese: công quốc (vi) (公國)
• Volapük: plinän (vo)
• Welsh: tywysogaeth f
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

in angelology

• Catalan: principat (ca) m
• Finnish: hallitus (fi)
• French: principauté (fr) f
• Galician: principado (gl) m
• Hebrew: נְסִיכוּת (he) f (nesichút)
• Japanese: 権天使 (ken-tenshi)
• Norwegian: fyrstedømme n
• Portuguese: principado (pt) m
• Romansch: principadi m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader), prinzipadi m (Sutsilvan)
• Russian: нача́ла (ru) n pl (načála)

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} prīncipālitās f

See also

• choirs of angels
• dominion
• power