princedomn.
/ˈprɪnsd(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈprɪnsd(ə)m/ 1. A state or country ruled by a prince; a principality.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of prince
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princehood1567
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1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre ii. f. xxxix He that shall consider the partes of Europe, shall finde it to haue been full of common weales, and of princedomes,..constrained to kepe liuely the warlike orders.
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 49 [They] are likely also to draw in the Princedome of Transilvania.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Tt4 Those frontier parts of their Princedomes.
1669 W. Aglionby tr. G. Leti Il Nipotismo di Roma i. ii. 49 They are too much taken up with telling their Money, buying and selling Estates and Princedoms.
1710 Consolation to Mira Mourning 16 Her Grands, her Chiefs, her Ministers..gladly would their highest Stations here..exhange for our small Princedom there.
1787 P. H. Maty tr. J. K. Riesbeck Trav. Germany I. v. 35 We travelled directly through the princedom of Hohenzollern.
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini iii. i. 130 To me he portions forth the princedoms, Glatz And Sagan.
1876 L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 119 About as populous as the princedom of Monaco.
1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. ix. 167 The Castello proper..that had..formerly stood up, on the pedestal of its mountain-slope..as the head and front of the princedom.
1993 B. Kosko Fuzzy Thinking (1994) iv. 75 The legend says that at age 28 he walked away from the wealth and power of his princedom..and never walked back.
2. † b. With possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a prince. Obsolete. rare.
a. The position, rank, or jurisdiction of a prince; princehood; princely power or sovereignty.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] > position of
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princeship1570
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1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vii. f. cviiiv He then that despiseth these studies, if he be a Prince, despiseth his Princedome.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y2 Next Archigald, who for his proud disdayne, Deposed was from princedome souerayne.
1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 11 The princedome and double portion are generally acknowledged to belong to the birthright.
1674 W. Annand Dualitas 12 Both Priest-hood and Princedom here uniting, for dignifying each other.
1710 W. Cockburn Propitious & Glorious Reign Gracious Sovereign Anne 118 The Emperor..dignify'd him with the Title of Prince of Mildenheim, bestowing an Imperial Princedom upon him.
1778 Hist. Cheshire I. 232 King Henry III..bestowed the princedom of Wales, and earldom of chester upon prince Edward his son.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. vi. 245 Some of all ranks up to princedoms.
1871 Echo 13 Dec. 1/1 The abeyance of the Princedom of Wales.
1947 Russ. Rev. 7 108 There is no reason to believe that the institution of princedom was brought to Russia by the Normans.
2005 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 8 May 36 Andrea will be his successor and he will elevate him to princedom.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > prince > princely state
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1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 126 So please your princedom, I have yet far to go.
1832 Fraser's Mag. 5 542 A gigantic carter..challenged his princedom to box.
3. A spiritual being having a high rank in the celestial order; = principality n. 5.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > order of > principalities
aldershipsOE
ealdordomsOE
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 320 Under thee as Head Supream Thrones, Princedoms, Powers, Dominions I reduce. View more context for this quotation
1789 W. Gilbank Day of Pentecost xi. 238 The Hierarchies of Heaven assembled sit; Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 22 The angelic hosts, the archangelic pomps, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, rank on rank.
1899 C. E. Clement Angels in Art 26 The Princedoms and Powers of Heaven are represented by rows and groups of angels.
1944 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 2 183/2 There is no doubt about identifying the lowest group at the left..as Angels; above them are probably Principalities, or Princedoms.
1995 Anglican Free Press 25 Dec. 13/1 The spiritual dominions, princedoms and powers consider what the love, knowledge and strength of God mean for the..order and governance of the cosmos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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