prin·ci·pal·i·ty /ˌprɪn(t)səˈpæləti/
公國[地位]
Prin·ci·pal·i·ty n.; pl. Principalities
1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station.
Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. --Jer. xiii. 18.
The prerogative and principality above everything else. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A prince; one invested with sovereignty. “Next upstood Nisroch, of principalities the prime.”
3. The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales.
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principality
n : territory ruled by a prince [syn: princedom]