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countable and uncountable, plural principalities
(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. quotations examples
At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 14
(theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions.
(obsolete) The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority.
(now rare) The state of being principal; pre-eminence.