OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3992

principality

/pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
principado
A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess.
At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.
The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.
principado
A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers.
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