Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first or supreme place; primacy.
- noun A principality.
- noun Same as
principality , 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Principality; supreme rule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun in Ancient Rome The period of the early
Roman Empire during which some characteristics ofrepublican government were retained
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... the kind of principate one has over slaves; ...
DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968
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... the kind of principate one has over slaves; ...
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She was also a perpetual presence at his side in the popular anecdotes of his principate that made the rounds of Roman society long after his downfall.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Heir to the Araldis principate, his father planned to rip Mira's talent from her and transfer it to Trin.
"Mirror Space - Sentients of Orion 3" by Marianne de Pierres (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009
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PARENTI: Yes, Augustus took that same term -- well, he called himself "the principate," the prime man, the first man, "first citizen," literally.
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People�s History of Ancient Rome 2003
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A widespread conspiracy was organized to put C. Calpurnius Piso into the principate.
61 2001
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These are the ruins of an exceptional monument, begun during Trajan's principate (A.D. 98-117) and finished by his successor, Hadrian, in A.D.
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His name, Simon had found. out from her easily enough, was currently Da-Ud tam Altair, and he was Court Traitor to a small religious principate on the Gulf of the Rood, on the InContinent, half the world away from Druidsfall.
Anywhen Blish, James 1970
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Christ did not give to the apostles, but a ministerial principate
DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968
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The papal principate was established only for the salvation of believers, not for the Pope's honor or advantage.
DESPOTISM MELVIN RICHTER 1968
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