The closest to this is perhaps the Machiavellian princedom which is premised on the infamous. From Wordnik.com. Reference
'princedom', above his 'princely handicraft' by virtue of 'humanity'?. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
In spite of all the trappings of princedom, he saw his position. From Wordnik.com. [The Wicked Day]
We can each carry the fortune of a princedom, and why share this treasure with others?. From Wordnik.com. [Conan of Cimmeria]
He'd rather keep the sword than have the princedom she offers him for rescuing her wizard. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
Let me entertain you with a very brief account of the history of this singular little princedom. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
And Aragorn gave to Faramir Ithilien to be his princedom, and bade him dwell in the hills of Emyn Arnen within sight of the City. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
From the time of Pius II, the popes had devoted the greater part of their energies to building and defending a mid-Italian princedom. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
He was being bred up to know nothing of his princedom, so that he might be splendidly and properly astonished when the revelation came. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Her household was her private princedom and the council was foolish to send her own subjects to issue commands to her in her own domain. From Wordnik.com. [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference
Owain needs to have forward information, as much as any man, if he's to keep his princedom safe, and add a few more miles to it here and there. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
I rebuilt; a palace of cedar, box, cypress, for the seat of my royalty, for the fullness of my princedom, to endure for generations, I placed upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
Hance had sprouted from pauperdom and had bloomed into princedom, and his newly acquired partner placed the final mouldings and decorations to his life. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
The hostile neighbours have fought three wars over Kashmir and continue to dispute ownership of the former Himalayan princedom, India's only Muslim majority state. From Wordnik.com. [Indian army returns to Srinagar] Reference
And light will she reck of thy princedom and rent. From Wordnik.com. [The Talisman] Reference
War with each princedom, throne, and pow'r is o'er. From Wordnik.com. [Poems on various subjects, religious and moral] Reference
All hope of the building up of a wider princedom passed away. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People Volume 4 (of 8)] Reference
At the end of his life he almost doubled the area of his princedom. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
Perchance the lover will come, also, as a prince with his princedom. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories] Reference
What a change from the great monarchy of England to the tiny princedom of Buckeburg!. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1] Reference
He was to vindicate the princedom of Peter before the assembled principalities of Christendom. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan] Reference
Palermo, 24 March, 1665, renouncing his primogeniture and the princedom in favour of his brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Bluff commonsense believes that it explains princedom by declaring itself to be the latter's opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
Those who, like these, come to the princedom by virtuous paths acquire with difficulty, but keep with ease. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics] Reference
Polyphron governed for a year, and by the year's end he had refashioned his princedom into the likeness of a tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
A man may rise, however, to a princedom by paths of wickedness and crime; that is, not precisely by either merit or fortune. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics] Reference
In other words, the sense and the morality of centuries answered to the institution of princedom, instead of contradicting it. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
No princedom was worth contrasting with poverty and her farmer-chief, but why should not his love be able to carry her few thousands?. From Wordnik.com. [What's Mine's Mine — Complete] Reference
German middle-class man which prompts him to assert that the question of princedom is the most important social question of the time. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
Normans in Salerno, having seen the Rome in which he had proclaimed his princedom over all the earth, laid in her last ruin; and forever. From Wordnik.com. [On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature] Reference
The face of the Templar was dark with envy and anger, for his counsels and the claims of the Syrian lords had been set aside, and the princedom of. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times] Reference
It is indeed a gem; miniature Athens of a mediaeval princedom, that although on a small scale boasted of great power and splendour; tiny Granada of these. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays in Eastern France] Reference
But what Mr Heinzen understands by the "connection of politics with social conditions" is really only the connection of German princedom with German distress and German poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Essays] Reference
In today's JAA action, Musa and his armed followers went into the mosque in Rafah and announced the establishment of an "Islamic emirate (princedom)" in Gaza, under his control. From Wordnik.com. [Charlottesville Blogs] Reference
5: War with each princedom, throne, and pow'r is o'er. From Wordnik.com. [Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral] Reference
Polyphron governed for a year, and by the year’s end he had refashioned his princedom into the likeness of a tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [Hellenica] Reference
"If you've elevated me to a princedom, the least I can do is to invite you down home for a week-end -- down to the San Spirito Presidio. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life] Reference
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