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ˈprincipalness rare. [f. principal a. + -ness.] The quality of being principal.
1530Palsgr. 258/2 Principalnesse, principalité. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 35 Degrees of Being or Causality, whether superior and before all others, or inferior, and after some others. Principalness. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. xiv. §15 Principalness of delight in human beauty. |