principality

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Recent Examples of principality Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga (a rather pompous name that encompassed two major hereditary estates, a principality, a county, a marquisate, and, for a time, a viceroyalty) met in 1680 in Mexico City. Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025 Owned in majority by the government of the principality, the SBM counts LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton among its minority shareholders. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025 Locals will tell you September is the best month to visit the Riviera, and one of the principality’s top chefs, Marcel Ravin, is closing out the summer season in style with a dinner at Elsa at Forbes Travel Guide Recommended The Monte-Carlo Beach. Lane Nieset, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025 The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has said Swiss firms cannot pass off goods as Liechtensteiner by routing them through the principality because they would still be recognized as Swiss in origin. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for principality
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Noun
  • The Austrian archduchess Marie Louise, former empress of the French, who was granted Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla for her lifetime, preserved some of the Napoleonic administrative and legal structure in the duchy.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
  • La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter.
    Nicole Krauss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Even so, the kingdom was facing a drop of more than 25% in exports last month.
    Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Whatever efficiency may be gained from using the tool could easily be undone in the event a threat actor obtains the keys to a network kingdom.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This includes Russia and the tiny oil and gas sultanate of Brunei, said Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
    Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This includes Russia and the tiny oil and gas sultanate of Brunei, said Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This also marks the second-biggest domestic launch of all time for Illumination, the animation empire founded by Chris Meledandri.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Over the centuries, it would be conquered by empires of varying beliefs.
    Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In October, Andrew was stripped of his princely title, his dukedom, and a number of awards and honorifics.
    Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026
  • However, the scandal surrounding King Charles' brother, the former Prince Andrew — who was stripped of his dukedom as well as his other royal titles, including prince, in October 2025 — has led some to believe that the York title is tainted and won't be reassigned in the future.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But right from the start of the republic, presidents have chosen close political allies to serve as attorney general.
    Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Its Ten-Point Plan calls for a secular democratic republic, a non-nuclear Iran, gender equality, separation of religion and state, a free-market economy, peaceful coexistence with the world, and recognition of the rights of Iran’s diverse nationalities within a unified country.
    Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The sovereign's sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, stood side by side.
    Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The hope was that the visit, the first by a British sovereign in nearly two decades, would help smooth fractured relations between the two nations.
    Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Then comes along Hail Project Mary to upend the prevailing theory that the multiplex has become the dominion of sequels, threequels and endless franchise installments.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Many key figures were associated with a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which aims to establish Christian dominion over American society and government.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026

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“Principality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principality. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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