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n. - Territory ruled by the son of a king or queen.

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  • Napoleonic fashion, into the so-called principality of Wagram.
  • The principality is the latest European tax haven to bend to an international outcry over tax evasion.
  • Silver is described as a principality (or series of principalities?), so is it logical that our intrepid heroes can ride through one "district" in a day?
  • However, by now the term "principality" has more or less disappeared from colloquial use as well.
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