principality

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prin·ci·pal·i·ty /ˌprɪnsəˈpæləti/ noun (plural principalities) [countableC]

1. SGa country that is ruled by a prince 公国，侯国

2. the Principality British EnglishBrESG Wales 威尔士

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the Principality• In 5700 the principality of Piedmont measured about 16,500 square kilometres in extent.• But confronting the principalities of darkness which foster this insidious violence has meant experiencing spiritual warfare as never before.• The aim of the shop is to raise funds for an Eagle Lodge in the Principality.• That it should do so is important to the well-being of the Principality as a whole.• Sadly, it wasn't always such a pleasant part of the principality.• The whole of the Principality - Mr. Speaker Order.• It is hoped to develop a training programme and to hold social functions at venues throughout the Principality.

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principality• The 1648 Treaty of Westphalia saw its dismemberment and division into more than 300 individual and sovereign states and principalities.• The new bureaucrats may well have been willing to learn lessons from their fellows across the boundaries of principalities.• Little by little there emerged minute royal principalities, then aristocratic towns, linked together by trade.• The Prussian crown and several smaller principalities which seized the properties told the churches to raise money from their own members instead.• But confronting the principalities of darkness which foster this insidious violence has meant experiencing spiritual warfare as never before.• These two incidents hardly added up to a minimal knowledge of the principality.• The principality has the highest proportion of homes built more than 100 years ago.

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principality

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