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Definition of "princedom" [prince•dom]

  • The territory, jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince. (noun)
  • Christianity See principality. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "princedom" in a sentence
  • "The Empire while assuming all the administration and military functions retained the Georgian culture, religion, customs, occupations and even the clan system - the rule of the big families (sometimes called princedom)."
  • "Succession to the princedom was hereditary. 41 Lonkjouw was probably the most centralized Austronesian political unit on Formosa in the early seventeenth century, but there were other areas that had political organization above the village level."
  • "Our country today is an archetypal example of the Machiavellian "princedom" in which sovereignty does not resides in the people and which is premised on the infamous "doctrine of necessity.""
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